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“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”
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“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”
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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."
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“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."

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

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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”
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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”

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"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."
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"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 rushed towards you and I just started screaming, ‘Leave him alone!’”
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“I rushed towards you and I just started screaming, ‘Leave him alone!’”

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"All we have carrying forward at this point is our DNA…"
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"All we have carrying forward at this point is our DNA…"

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"People saw only a turban and a beard."
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"People saw only a turban and a beard."

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“I opened up the back door of that church to see these hundreds of eyes all staring back at me, knowing where I had been.”
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“I opened up the back door of that church to see these hundreds of eyes all staring back at me, knowing where I had been.”

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

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“In that moment that I took those pills, I wasn’t thinking of you and that’s hard to accept.”
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“In that moment that I took those pills, I wasn’t thinking of you and that’s hard to accept.”

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"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."
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"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."

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

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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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“It seemed like we got close — and then I was arrested.”
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“It seemed like we got close — and then I was arrested.”

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“It’s like a part of my heart is gone.”
2:43

“It’s like a part of my heart is gone.”

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"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."
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"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."

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