And as I uttered them I almost thought it was someone else speaking.

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My mom had hurt my feelings, disappointed me repeatedly over the years, yet I'd never uttered a word and had rarely blamed her.

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This time, I cinched up my full-face motorcycle helmet, uttered a colorful Saxon oath and pushed off.

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In "Careless Love" it's all here, from the time when Elvis' momma died and he uttered the words, "Oh God, everything I have is gone, " to his lower-than-low death, pajama bottoms at his ankles, fallen from the commode, face buried in his own vomit.

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There should be no tributes when I go, but just in case someone insists: Here lies Elizabeth Ohene, she never once uttered a word that could possibly upset anybody in her long life.

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