You see the sun, and you see your mom's lipstick and how beautiful she is.

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Ms. BARBARA ARWINE (Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law): What's beautiful about the Kimberly Samuels story is just how determined she is to vote, and how she's, you know, struggled with her life problems, and how she is still committed to her city.

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"I never realized how beautiful that curve is that comes in the back of the bowl, " she says.

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It was quiet now, no talk, no sound, only the silent continuum of snow at the window and I wanted to make her see how beautiful it was, if not always, then at least for now, but when I turned around she was asleep in her chair, her head flopped back, her arms dangling at her sides.

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