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"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."
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"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."

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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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“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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“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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“There’s vultures circling all the time.”
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“There’s vultures circling all the time.”

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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."
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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”
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“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”

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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.”
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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.”

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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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“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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“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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"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."
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"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."