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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."
3:23

"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
3:03

“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”
3:27

“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”

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“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”
3:35

“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”

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"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."
3:26

"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."

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"Don't tell anybody that you saw Santa buying tools for the elves at Home Depot."
3:04

"Don't tell anybody that you saw Santa buying tools for the elves at Home Depot."

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“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”
2:44

“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”

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“It is a very specific cloud hanging over us. It just feels like we’re at pause.”
3:26

“It is a very specific cloud hanging over us. It just feels like we’re at pause.”

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"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."
2:55

"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."

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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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“I think I could have done another 31 years.”
2:08

“I think I could have done another 31 years.”

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“Everything was so quiet like somebody had shut the volume control off on the world.”
2:32

“Everything was so quiet like somebody had shut the volume control off on the world.”

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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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"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 remember him shaking my hand and, as he let go, somebody shot him.”
3:24

“I remember him shaking my hand and, as he let go, somebody shot him.”

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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”
3:29

“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”

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“I remember thinking that if I had a magic wand this is where I would use it.”
2:31

“I remember thinking that if I had a magic wand this is where I would use it.”

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“I could always hear Matt’s tractor coming down the road.”
3:55

“I could always hear Matt’s tractor coming down the road.”

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