He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

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I told you a story in which he wakes up,or his personality wakes up, however we should put it,in Michigan.

刚才的故事是，他醒来了，或说他的人格醒来了，地点是密西根。

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He told the men to put down their guns and take up digging tools.

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Edwards, who says he plays Madden daily, told Voted Up he would rather just play the game than be messaged to politically.

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He told us right up front that he felt he was just too old and too nervous to go out on patrol and that, because of his nerves, we couldn't depend on him if we got in a tight spot.

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He testified that Simpson told him that he had given up attempts to reconcile with Nicole Brown Simpson but that he didn't want his girlfriend, Paula Barbieri, to go with him to his daughter's dance recital on June 12.

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