Word: weren
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...work. They lived in sort of an Italian ghetto-type neighborhood, and my grandfather got a job in a steel mill. My grandmother and grandfather spoke no English at all. They are dead now, but when I was a little girl I would see them all the time. They weren't very educated, and I think in a way they represented an old life-style that my father really didn't want to have anything to do with. It's not that he was ashamed, really, but he wanted to be better. I think he was the only...
...father and I are still close. When I moved away for a long time we weren't really that close. He didn't understand what I was doing when I first moved away. First I was a dancer and I would call him and say, "Well, I'm dancing." He never, well, he's a sensible guy, and what's dancing to him? He can't imagine that you can make a living from it or work at it or be proud of it or think of it as an accomplishment. He could never really be supportive about...
AMBITION. I am ambitious, but if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity. I am not surprised by my success because it feels natural. When I was younger I never said, "O.K., this is the plan. I'm going to be a dancer and that's going to lead to singing and that's going to lead to acting." My calculation was that I knew I had to apply myself and work. And that devotion -- and that ambition and that courage -- was going to take me to the next step. So, that...
...needing to exercise and feeling lonesome, she gave walking a try, and now does 1 1/2 miles a day with newfound friends. "We walk, and we tell jokes and have a good clean fellowship," she says happily. "I enjoy the company." "And we would miss you if you weren't here," responds Charles Bridges, 67, gallantly...
...things weren't bad enough...