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trudge immediately to the main yard
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- Hey!
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- Union rule 26.
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please, for Mr. Burns.
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- Nobody respects me at work.
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I wanna see.
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of the Florida peninsula.
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mission is truly,
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The batteries!
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the Three Musketeers.
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a different kind of mathematician,
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boring space launch.
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Change the channel!
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I can't!
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a serious problem with the mission.
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are the lowest ever.
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of losing our funding.
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in space exploration anymore.
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tell them the big secret...
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came back superintelligent.
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be telling them that.
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my riding mower!
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I've killed Wilson!
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back to jail for me.
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of blue-collar slobs.
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for our next astronaut.
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inefficient search,
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expense, of course.
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- Yes.
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of your boring space launches.
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blue-collar slob,
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- Shut up!
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get no Tang around here? Also...
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President Clinton? Good!
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to get some Tang, it'd be you.
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that called NASA yesterday?
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than you've ever been in your life?
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- Well, welcome aboard.
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I made the crank call!
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I have a file! I have a file!
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- I know.
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and members of the press,
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will prove space travel
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of the common man.
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about whether this is a joke.
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civilians into space?
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if they send us
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Planet of the Apes.
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Statue of Liberty.
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of you is most qualified.
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since sunrise.
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Watch this.
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on the newcomer.
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the two experienced astronauts
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the winner into space.
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the second man on the moon.
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my bikini zone for nothing?
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you're both winners.
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- Stop him!
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Give me that bottle!
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- Sent away.
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how I got you to respect me.
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you weren't an astronaut.
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no matter what.
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- Check.
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Make rocket go now.
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strong and brave,
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in the heavens pave.
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- I don't know.
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James Taylor.
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for your unique brand
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Homer Simpson.
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outside the house,
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Grab on to something.
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Here we go.
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This is a disaster!
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I'm taking you to hell with me.
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Wait a minute. Wait!
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If that bar holds,
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Attempting risky reentry.
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We'll see you after the movie.
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You can make it.
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It's TV.
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closed using this.
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- It's an inanimate carbon rod!
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How many people have seen
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