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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”
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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”

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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 remember seeing your face and I was shocked."
2:36

"I remember seeing your face and I was shocked."

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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."
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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."

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

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“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”
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“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”

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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”
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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”

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

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"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."
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"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."

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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."
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 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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