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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.”

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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.”

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"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."

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"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."

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"It's so simple. If you have the space in your home and heart, you just do it."

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"It's so simple. If you have the space in your home and heart, you just do it."

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“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."

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“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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“There are things you see, when the fire is hot, that you’ll never see at any other time.”

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“There are things you see, when the fire is hot, that you’ll never see at any other time.”

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“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”

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“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”

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“Sometimes I wonder why everyone in the world doesn’t wanna be a nurse.”

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“Sometimes I wonder why everyone in the world doesn’t wanna be a nurse.”

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“For me, Postville, Iowa was our little slice of home, but then I realize, is it my home? Where is home?”

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“For me, Postville, Iowa was our little slice of home, but then I realize, is it my home? Where is home?”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”

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“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.”

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“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."

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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."

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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”

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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”

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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”