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" My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next. "
Ted Danson
Goes
Day
Embarrassing
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" I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation. "
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