Steffi Graf
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When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
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Simone Biles
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Just a few days ago. I was overtired.
Ian Wright
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Driving the other day; thinking about being 19 and being in prison, tears came to my eyes.
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
Now is pretty damned good.
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