He-this man who tricked me and took me into slavery-was in Malaka.

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And I hear Kristi in the background - I mean, Staff Sergeant David Marino took me out on the streets of Hit, and this is a man who kept me from getting killed in firefights.

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This man called me out, and in doing so, brought me to a fork in my entrepreneurial path.

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This man who had prayed great prayers that inspired a nation, this man who seemed larger than life, greeted me and was as kind and as gentle as could be.

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Back then, he seemed like such a sweet man to me, and this felt unnecessarily cruel.

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And there was this ... guy next to me and I wanted to (say), "Hey man, this is the movie and it's coming!"

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I'd like to have people look at me and say this is a good man who has conducted his life in the right way, who restored our faith in public service.

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And the person who fascinated me most was this man of Japanese descent with one arm, speaking in this courtly baritone, full of dignity and grace.

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The man spoke in heavily accented English and told me that this would be his first Presidential election as a U.S. citizen.

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For me to sit here and try and describe this man's music is, you know, I'm just pulling it out, you know, my backside.

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At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play.

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And just to have a laugh at the end of all this, just to like take a breath and say, man, at least give me a good feeling that there is hope.

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Prior to this hire, the young man in question regularly phone called me, asking me out on dates and expressing how attracted he was to me.

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Other writers who fulfill this paradigm for me: Graham Greene (Our Man in Havana), Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and George Orwell (1984) all instantly came to mind.

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