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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?’”

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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”
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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."
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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”
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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."
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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."

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“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”
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“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”

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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”
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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”

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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."

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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."
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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."

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“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”
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“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”

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“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”
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“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”

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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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“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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"Even though I’m transgender, I’m a kid too."
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"Even though I’m transgender, I’m a kid too."

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“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”
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“I remember he had the white boots, the white mask, with kind of like a red beak.”

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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.”
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“Ice cream has given me a name, like a Ted Williams or a Babe Ruth or a Larry Bird.”