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"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."
2:34

"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."

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"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."
2:01

"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."

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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"
2:48

"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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“I was embarrassed that you drove a taxicab. But not anymore.”
2:58

“I was embarrassed that you drove a taxicab. But not anymore.”

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“When I did get back home, my son didn’t recognize me.”
3:01

“When I did get back home, my son didn’t recognize 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 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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"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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“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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"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."
3:02

"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."

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“I remember sitting in the same exact spot for seven hours crying, and not one person approached me. Not one person made eye contact with me.”
3:03

“I remember sitting in the same exact spot for seven hours crying, and not one person approached me. Not one person made eye contact with me.”

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"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
2:37

"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."

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“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”
3:22

“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”

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"I applied to NASA four times."
3:41

"I applied to NASA four times."

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"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
3:10

"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"

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"The sewing machine and the needle and the thimble, that's it for me, you know."
2:22

"The sewing machine and the needle and the thimble, that's it for me, you know."

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"As a garbage man, I probably know more about people on my route than their pastor does."
2:36

"As a garbage man, I probably know more about people on my route than their pastor does."

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"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"

"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"

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"They intended to get all of us January the 10th, 1966."
2:29

"They intended to get all of us January the 10th, 1966."

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"You’re more than just the 'The Sorry Man.'"

"You’re more than just the 'The Sorry Man.'"

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