So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.

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So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

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I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

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So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

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One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

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The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

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Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

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You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

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Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

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The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

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I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...