"I'd pick them up but I can't bend over, " she said, motioning toward her tight beaded dress.

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I've told them, 'I will come pick you up in my armored vehicles.

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What about all those families in Africa I don't know, I can't pick up the telephone and call them and say, I'm so sorry this happened?

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At 5ft 9in and a US size eight (usually either a UK 10 or 12), I envied the girls whose boyfriends could pick them up and carry them on their shoulders.

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But how is this possible when I'm running all over town to pick them up?

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"You pick up the crumbs I drop at the dinner table and stick them in books, " he said.

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You know, these people thought the worst was over and suddenly to see those skies darkening again and for that rain to come back again and the winds to pick up again, it's going to terrify them I'd imagine.

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