But I believed that I was doing something important for the human race, and, mistakenly, I thought that the authorities felt the same way.

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There were many other people who felt the same way as I did.

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And my predecessors and others felt the same way, I'm sure.

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"It's the same exact way I felt when I was hired, that here's an opportunity that I have in front of me that I've been blessed with, " Ryan said.

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But for some reason, when I first came home and felt confused, isolated, angry and sad, I forgot that there was a good chance that there were others out there, just like me, who felt exactly the same way.

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