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"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."
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"When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe."
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"Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences."
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"The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated."
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"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."
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"The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about."
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"The interruption did nothing but earn her a similar slap, as I'm sure she knew it would. Sometimes I wondered if my mother spoke up at the wrong time on purpose. As often as we endured my father's abuse, she had to be aware that it wouldn't save me from a beating but simply earn her one as well. Or was it that sharing my fate made her feel less guilt-ridden about those things that happened to me?"
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"You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin."
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"If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding."
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"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."
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"The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world."
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"I've triumphed over addiction."
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"I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers."
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"The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter."
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"I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle."
Father


"Certain struggles never end."
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"Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth."
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"I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love."
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"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."
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"My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself."
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"Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence."
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