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Being a young Kiwi lad, a young Polynesian boy, I was pretty close to my family. But when I moved to Sydney, I went from training twice a week, playing touch footy with my mates, to working full-time as a labourer and training professionally.

— Sonny Bill Williams

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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— Natasha Bedingfield

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— John Cornforth

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— Lorde

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— James Spithill

I was born in New Zealand, so I have a lot of family there.

— Grant Bowler

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— Ben Mendelsohn

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

— Martin McGuinness

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— Richard Flanagan

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— Adelaide Clemens

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— Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

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