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03/08/08

@ Stanford

My biological mother later found out that my adoptive mother had never graduated from college and my father had never graduated from high school, which led her to initially refuse to sign the adoption papers.

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

03/08/08

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