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“If he got it, he’d give it to you. If he didn’t have it he’d tell you how to get it.”
3:13
“If he got it, he’d give it to you. If he didn’t have it he’d tell you how to get it.”
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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"
2:36
"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"
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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
3:03
“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”
2:36
“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”
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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."
3:25
"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."
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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”
2:31
“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”
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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."
3:08
"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."
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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
3:05
"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
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“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”
3:09
“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
2:53
“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."
2:05
"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.”
3:19
“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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