“One day some guy showed up to him and said, 'We're going to make some movie. Can you write a script?'”

Chin-Ju Li tells his daughter, Julia, about his father, the filmmaker Pingqian Li.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“f you asked a kid, 'Would you rather be president or world boxing champion,' they'd all say world boxing champion.”

Petros and Nikos Spanakos, twin brothers and professional boxers, remember growing up in Brooklyn.

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“I spend more time with Clarice than I do with my own family.”

Veteran Grand Central Terminal ticket clerk Mike DeMeo to his colleague Clarice Brewer.

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“Then I said, 'Don't you have brothers and sisters and your father?' He says, 'I have no father; I have no mother. So, I have to do this.'”

Beula Gabriel, who founded a school for underprivileged children in India, tells her daughter, Bix, about one of her students.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“Everybody's got something in their life they're good at. This is what I do good. I eat.”

Competitive eater Don "Moses" Lerman remembers winning his first contest.

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“So I ran back to the bus, and I said, 'Sweetie, your restaurant is right here.'”

New York City bus operator Ronald Ruiz remembers one of his passengers on the City Island line in the Bronx.

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“One of the cops said, 'Oh, you think you can do better?'”

Phyllis Johnson tells her friend Danny Perasa about how she went from Police Department clerk to beat cop.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“I like it so much, I don't even want to charge the people. That's how much I like it.”

Cab driver Jimmy Beatrice to his friend Andrew Vollo.

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“I always knew what I wanted to be, from the time I was 8 years old, which was to be a tugboat captain.”

Carl Wennerod interviewed by his son, Roy.

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“My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown.”

Carmela Pollio tells her grandson, Laurence, and her great grandson, Yoshi, about growing up in Hell's Kitchen.

Recorded in New York, NY.