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" You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can. "

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" My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could. "

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" I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest. "

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