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“It plays when Alice goes off to college and then for the end credits. It gave me chills when I saw it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Strauss regularly goes off the rails in his exaggerations, but with Dudamel there are no railing critics or anything thing else, not that he doesn’t have cause.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

And then I’ll go “shh” and she’ll stop for a few minutes and the alarm clock goes off and then boom, we launch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

"Our supply goes off all the time," he said.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

“And if the power goes off, it’s going to be like an oven in there.”

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis



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