"I thought, oh wow she really doesn't know how to swim, despite what everyone thinks, " says Ms. Rothenhaus.

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Oh, and they weren't really fond of all the lights -- go figure.

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"Everyone says 'oh it's fake, he doesn't really have one leg, or there's no way someone can make that kind of physical transformation', " says Sundquist, who is now a motivational speaker.

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Mr. JAY PRITZKER (National Co-Chair, Clinton Campaign): Oh, I don't think it's divisiveness, really, I think it's natural.

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"I first said, 'oh God, I don't know' - it seemed really strange, me doing a Eurovision song, I don't usually do that, " he said.

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That's really all changed in the last - oh, I don't know how many years, but I would say probably 15, 20 years.

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