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I was kind of a strange child.
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My parents knew early on
that something was wrong with me.
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I crawled backwards until I was two...
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but had Kennedy's inaugural address
memorized by the time I was six.
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It all began when my mother didn't
show up for my first birthday party...
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because she was having my sister.
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My dad tried to cheer me up
by letting me eat the whole cake.
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I knew then
there had to be more to life than this.
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When I was a kid, I thought only
three people worked for General Motors:
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Pat Boone, Dinah Shore and my dad.
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Our hometown of Flint, Michigan,
was the birthplace of General Motors...
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the largest corporation in the world.
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There were more auto factories and
workers here than in any city on Earth.
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We built Cadillacs, Buicks,
and Fisher bodies...
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GM trucks, Chevrolets,
and AC spark plugs.
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We enjoyed a prosperity
that working people had never seen.
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And the city was grateful to the company.
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With the whole city rocking,
Flint, Michigan, throws a birthday party.
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It's for the people of General Motors
on their 50th anniversary.
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Pat Boone celebrates with a song.
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The promise of the future is the keynote
set by GM President, Harlow Curtis.