And like that man who came all the way from Japan to Joplin, make sure in your own life that you pay it forward.

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It is tough to make judgements like this when your own life is so tangled up with the events of the world, but I think it is reasonable to say that the 1972 election was the end of an era.

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You also are on your own when navigating hearing-aid providers, where you risk paying too much for hearing aids that make your life miserable because they don't fit, are hard to operate and overamplify background noises.

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I'd always tell you where I stood. (Applause.) And, most of all, I would wake up every single day thinking about you, thinking about how to make your lives a little bit better. (Applause.) Because in you I see my own life, and everything that my parents and grandparents struggled for.

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It would probably be easy to spend your life caretaking your mother's legacy, but that would make it difficult to get any of your own work done.

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It is part cookbook, part good life at home guide, with instructions on how to make things like from-scratch ketchup and your own pickled carrots, tips for making packed lunches, and a guide to cheeses with recommendation on their uses.

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