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" I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her. "

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" I was the runt of the family, the shortest and the smallest, so I think they perceived me as the one who was like, 'Look at me!' - just trying to get their attention and being a goofball. "

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