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"If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay."

"They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'"

"Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste."

"My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop."

"I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's."
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"On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS."


"The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story."


"AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself."


"My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance."


"Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic."
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