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“Try to be happy. The longest life is short.”
3:18
“Try to be happy. The longest life is short.”
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"I've got pictures of you in the shop when you were in the bassinet."
2:16
"I've got pictures of you in the shop when you were in the bassinet."
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“When I first bought that building, everybody thought that I was crazy.”
6:51
“When I first bought that building, everybody thought that I was crazy.”
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“Today, I'm a police officer with the same unit that my father was a member of.”
7:11
“Today, I'm a police officer with the same unit that my father was a member of.”
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“Every single night a huge group of dogs would come out of the forest.”
2:59
“Every single night a huge group of dogs would come out of the forest.”
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“He sacrificed a lot of his family time to make a better world for us.”
3:12
“He sacrificed a lot of his family time to make a better world for us.”
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"I ask myself, why did I become a nurse? And it's to do this kind of work."
3:05
"I ask myself, why did I become a nurse? And it's to do this kind of work."
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“What was it like basically deciding to take a job where you had to go back in the closet?”
2:02
“What was it like basically deciding to take a job where you had to go back in the closet?”
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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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