"Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.“


-Edward Kennedy

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Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.

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