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“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”
3:23

“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”

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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."
2:59

"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."

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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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“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”
3:03

“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”

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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”
3:09

“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”

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“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”
2:34

“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”
2:35

"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."
3:03

“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."

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“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”
2:50

“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”

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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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“Ice cream has given me a name, like a Ted Williams or a Babe Ruth or a Larry Bird.”
2:51

“Ice cream has given me a name, like a Ted Williams or a Babe Ruth or a Larry Bird.”

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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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“He loved kids. He used to have secret handshakes with people.”
3:19

“He loved kids. He used to have secret handshakes with people.”

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"I remember hearing a 'boom, boom' — and then Daddy collapsing right in front of me."
2:55

"I remember hearing a 'boom, boom' — and then Daddy collapsing right in front of me."

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“I was walking around with an army of hecklers behind me, constantly.”
2:44

“I was walking around with an army of hecklers behind me, constantly.”

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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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“I could stand in my backyard and listen to Ku Klux Klan meetings.”
2:40

“I could stand in my backyard and listen to Ku Klux Klan meetings.”

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"It was my fault that you didn’t have a father there."
2:42

"It was my fault that you didn’t have a father there."

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"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."
2:01

"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."

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