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“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”
2:43

“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”

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"I thought something was really wrong with me..."
3:20

"I thought something was really wrong with me..."

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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
1:50

“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”

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"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."
2:16

"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."

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"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."
3:02

"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."

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“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”
2:41

“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”

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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
2:36

“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”

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"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."
3:08

"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."

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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
4:09

“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”

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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”
2:43

“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”

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“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”
2:20

“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”

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“That Christmas, I don’t even remember what gift I got.”
2:43

“That Christmas, I don’t even remember what gift I got.”

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“It’s hard all the time.”
4:07

“It’s hard all the time.”

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“I’m speaking with the man who killed my son.”
5:17

“I’m speaking with the man who killed my son.”

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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”
3:23

“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”

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"I always wonder about the person's mother — she saw him first and I saw him last."
2:21

"I always wonder about the person's mother — she saw him first and I saw him last."

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"Now it's like I have another family to stay clean for."
2:47

"Now it's like I have another family to stay clean for."

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“Whatever was needed to be done — I did it.”
2:55

“Whatever was needed to be done — I did it.”

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“I remember saying, ‘I'm sorry for driving by you a hundred times and never saying hi.’”
3:06

“I remember saying, ‘I'm sorry for driving by you a hundred times and never saying hi.’”

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“You were coming toward me with blood on your hands, going, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay.’”
3:11

“You were coming toward me with blood on your hands, going, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay.’”

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