Sooner or later life will knock you to the canvas. The key is knowing how to get back up and keep fighting . So maybe it pays to listen to somebody who has been knocked down and has gotten back up many times in his life.

In this 2003 interview former heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman talks about being knocked down and getting back up.

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Recent congressional testimony appeared to confirm the exietsnvce of alien beings visotomg Earth. And while the question of alien abductions did not come up, that subject has been around for decades.

In this 1992 interview, David Jacobs, a distinguished professor at Temple University, discusses his findings after years of research and interviews with dozens of people who said they had been abducted by aliens.

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There are those who revere our 40th president as not just a great president but as a rare and exceptional leader of great principle and virtue.

Into that category falls Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan’s top speechwriter, who crafted some of Reagan[‘s most memorable orations.

In this 2001 interview Noonan talks about her book When Character Was King.

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During an otherwise routine security clearance interview in 1989 Army officer Margarethe Cammermeyer disclosed her status as a lesbian. She was then disharged from the service.

But she filed a lawsuit in 1994 challenging her separation – and she won. She returned to the military until her retirement in 1997.

In this 1994 interview Cammermeyer talks about her life, military career, and court victory.

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The National Football League is no place for guys who don't want to get hurt No NFL veteran comes away unscathed

And that means there is always plenty of work for team physicians. From 1983 to 1990, Dr. Robert Huizenga was team internist for the Los Angeles Raiders.

As he recounts in this 1994 interview, Huizenga saw everything from bruises and pulled muscle to dislocated fingers, concussions and compound fractures.

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After years of small or supporting acting roles here and there,m Farrell hit the jackpot when he joined the cast of the hit CBS show “M*A*S*H” in 1975.

Not only did he become one of the most popular cast members, it also afforded him a new public visibility for his activism.

In this 2007 interview Farrell talks about his life, career, and activism.

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Phyllis Diller was one of America's first female stand up comedians,rising to fame with iconic TV performances in the 1960s.

In this 2005 interview Diller looks back on her career, and how she came up with her most memorable character: long-suffering husband “Fang.”

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A baby boy born into a large and poor family in Alabama in 1926 would grow up to become one of the world’s most popular and effective motivational speakers.

His name was Hilary Hinton Ziglar – but more widely known simply as Zig Ziglar.

In this 1994 interview Ziglar explains how lessons he learned as a Depression-era child shaped his motivational philosphy.

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Reaching the age of 50 is one of those life milestones that makes a lot of people uncomfortable and unsettled. And perhaps no generation was more traumatized by turning 50 than the forever-young Baby Boomers.

One Boomer faced the half-century mark with the same wry humor that made him one of America's favorite humor columnists.

In this 1998 interview Dave reveals the secret to reaching the big 5-0 without going crazy,

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At the start of the 21st century, the West African nation of Liberia was embroiled in its second civil war. The war left thousands dead, many thousands of others displaced

A young single mother named Leymah Gbowee had enough, and formed a women’s group to press for peace, Her movement quickly grew, and its peaceful, non-violent efforts – including a controversial “sex strike” – produced a peace agreement in 2003.

In this 2011 interview Gbowee recounts their victories and setbacks.

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