"It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me."
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"When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.“
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