Fifty-four years ago today, on March 4, 1952, Mr. Hemingway wrote his publisher that he had just finished a short novel that was, quote, The best I can write ever for all of my life.

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And every single day I walk into the Oval Office, and for all the days of my life, I will always remember that in no other nation on Earth could my story be possible, could your stories be possible.

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To perform onstage with Preston Reed, one of my all-time favorite musicians, was something I will never forget for the rest of my life.

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It took me a while (all of twelve hours) to realize what it was: for so much of my life, I have been physically oriented to think of the ocean as that thing to the East (the Atlantic) or the West (the Pacific) of me.

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Obviously, growing a set of my own changed my life I felt like I was officially a woman and was excited for all of five minutes but my mom losing hers is what really changed my life.

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But after the last Friday speech of Khamenei I lost all my hope from the structure of power in Iran and I became separate from government for the first time in my life.

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All of my life, everyone has always said that I am a difficult person for whom to shop, and yet, you managed to choose two absolutely perfect presents!

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It's given me a new appreciation for doctors who successfully deliver thousands of babies, and most of all for the heroics of women -- especially my wife -- in that moment, suffering through all they suffer through for the sake of bringing life into the world.

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She represents the greatest college of racial justice in all and human rights around the world and Hillary will be my leader for life.

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