She resented it, and it always seemed to set her teeth on edge though if she'd heard it once, she'd heard it a hundred times, so often in fact that her daughter, just learning to talk, had eagerly enlisted in the interrogation.

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She has the energy -- you can tell by just listening to her speak -- she could talk you into doing anything, pretty much. (Laughter.) But fortunately, she's used that power of persuasion and that passion to help improve the lives of the kids in her community.

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And obviously I'm sure you're glad to hear her talk about ministry versus just being a singer, but that being said, it's a difficult business, whether you're on the secular side or the gospel side.

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And here was Doyne, who had just traveled halfway around the world, with only the basics of her talk sketched out, about to follow Jon Bon Jovi on the stage.

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She told me she had kept the news of the twins a secret for so long because she was just like any other woman and wanted to wait until after a certain point in her pregnancy to talk about it.

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Charlotte and Bob grow so fond of each other that she stays behind when John travels to Fukuyama to photograph his clients, while Bob extends his stay by agreeing to endure additional humiliation at the hands of a Japanese talk-show host think Pee Wee Herman on crystal meth just to spend one more weekend with her.

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