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"I learned: If you quit, you're done"
2:43

"I learned: If you quit, you're done"

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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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"You could party in that place and just forget wherever you were."
2:41

"You could party in that place and just forget wherever you were."

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“My father, you know, he felt that I should have a 9 to 5 like everyone else. He said, ‘Singing is not a job.’”
3:31

“My father, you know, he felt that I should have a 9 to 5 like everyone else. He said, ‘Singing is not a job.’”

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“When you get musicians cooking on the bandstand, the hair goes up on the back of your neck..”
3:04

“When you get musicians cooking on the bandstand, the hair goes up on the back of your neck..”

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“We wondered all those years if we did a good job.”
3:46

“We wondered all those years if we did a good job.”

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“I knew I would not lie. People were lying right and left.”
3:50

“I knew I would not lie. People were lying right and left.”

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“I carried this weight of not doing more when I had the opportunity to do so.”
3:02

“I carried this weight of not doing more when I had the opportunity to do so.”

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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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"It was special to me because it was something my dad thought was special."
3:34

"It was special to me because it was something my dad thought was special."

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“I decided then and there that that was the kind of doctor I wanted to be.”
2:07

“I decided then and there that that was the kind of doctor I wanted to be.”

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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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“To have that come from his son. I mean… He would have taken pride in that.”
3:03

“To have that come from his son. I mean… He would have taken pride in that.”

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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 wish I had had the choice.”
3:17

“I wish I had had the choice.”

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“We are all together in this painful world, but because of that, this really organic, deep seated sense of compassion arises that puts us together.”
2:45

“We are all together in this painful world, but because of that, this really organic, deep seated sense of compassion arises that puts us together.”

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"I won't ever forget the look on my father's face."
02:59

"I won't ever forget the look on my father's face."

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"I wanted him to show them that he could do what anybody else can do."
2:34

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

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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."