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“I have never been sorry that I'm blind.”
3:22

“I have never been sorry that I'm blind.”

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I saw her write down ‘insubordinate.’
3:23

I saw her write down ‘insubordinate.’

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“You have to dream for that child.”
2:17

“You have to dream for that child.”

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“When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us.”
3:16

“When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us.”

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“He obviously saw something in me that I maybe didn't see in myself.”
1:50

“He obviously saw something in me that I maybe didn't see in myself.”

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“I know there's people out there who never stepped foot back in that building."
2:40

“I know there's people out there who never stepped foot back in that building."

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"I wanted him to show them that he could do what anybody else can do."
3:30

"I wanted him to show them that he could do what anybody else can do."

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“We're respecting the animals and we're respecting each other.”
3:09

“We're respecting the animals and we're respecting each other.”

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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”
3:36

“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”

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"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."
2:17

"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."

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“I feel like I have wings now.”
2:32

“I feel like I have wings now.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”
2:53

“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“I think you should get half my diploma.”
2:59

“I think you should get half my diploma.”

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
3:16

“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”
2:59

“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”
3:46

“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
2:53

“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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"I put you through hell."
3:39

"I put you through hell."

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"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."
1:47

"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."

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"I felt like a superhero."

"I felt like a superhero."