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To Be Diagnosed Was The Hardest Thing Because I Didn't Know What They Were Talking About... And The Doctor Said, Don't Worry, In Three Months You'll Know. So I Went About My Business And Then, One Day, It Jumped Me. I Couldn't Get Up... Your Muscles Trick You; They Did Me.

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To Be Diagnosed Was

Richard Pryor

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To Be Diagnosed Was The Hardest Thing Because I Didn't Know What They Were Talking About... And The Doctor Said, Don't Worry, In Three Months You'll Know. So I Went About My Business And Then, One Day, It Jumped Me. I Couldn't Get Up... Your Muscles Trick You; They Did Me.

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