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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
2:28

“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
3:20

“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."

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“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”
3:00

“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”

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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”
2:47

“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”

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"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."
2:04

"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."

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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”
3:29

“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”

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“My parents were sharecroppers, working the land, working the tobacco, pulling the little bloom that comes off so there’d be more leaves…”
2:40

“My parents were sharecroppers, working the land, working the tobacco, pulling the little bloom that comes off so there’d be more leaves…”

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“It seemed like we got close — and then I was arrested.”
2:39

“It seemed like we got close — and then I was arrested.”

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"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."
3:10

"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."

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“I just never been in a situation — complete strangers helping each other.”
3:10

“I just never been in a situation — complete strangers helping each other.”

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"I just look forward to learning how to be a sister."
2:38

"I just look forward to learning how to be a sister."

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“Mother’s Day of ‘88 I did my very first race.”
2:36

“Mother’s Day of ‘88 I did my very first race.”

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“When I heard the music, I wanted to do it.”
1:55

“When I heard the music, I wanted to do it.”

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"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."
2:34

"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."

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“I want to take the bullet and save my friends.”
3:04

“I want to take the bullet and save my friends.”

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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
1:50

“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”

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“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”
2:41

“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”

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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
2:36

“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”

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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
4:09

“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”

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“That Christmas, I don’t even remember what gift I got.”
2:43

“That Christmas, I don’t even remember what gift I got.”

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