To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

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You understand these stories because you or someone you loved lived them.

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"Well, I can tell you, because I lived it for quite a while, " he explains.

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"Always, whether you're playing a fictional character or someone who lived, it is an active invention, because you have to tell the story, play the character that's been described in the script, and try to feed as much detail as you can, " she has said.

BBC: Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

Because I'm writing this today, you can tell that somehow I lived to see the sound bite that evening.

CNN: Robin Meade talks anxiety and her road to self-confidence

And, Ken, you'll recall it was a little discouraging because basically everyone else who lived there was 20 or 25. (Laughter.) So we were the two geriatrics in this building.

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The three-month summer is a direct result of public schools having been started when most of us still lived on farms, and so you took three months off because you had to help on the harvest.

WHITEHOUSE: Discussing the Economy in Richmond

But here's what I want you to tell them: Tell them that Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it. (Applause.) He's lived it.

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