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2. You're traveling
through another dimension
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3. a dimension not only
of sight and sound, but of mind
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4. a journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. That's the signpost up ahead.
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7. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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8. A brief if frenetic introduction
to mr. Archibald beechcroft
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9. a child of the 20th century
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10. a product of
the population explosion
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11. and one of the inheritors
of the legacy of progress.
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12. Mr. Beechcroft again.
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13. This time act ii of his
daily battle for survival.
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14. And in just a moment
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15. our hero will begin his
personal one-man rebellion
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16. against the mechanics of his age
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17. and to do so
he will enlist certain aids
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18. available only
in the twilight zone.
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19. Why, you clumsy clod!
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20. Oh, I'm sorry,
mr. Beechcroft.
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21. I didn't notice
where I was going.
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22. That's precisely
your problem.
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23. Feeling ill,
beechcroft?
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24. If you'll forgive a
personal observation
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25. you're not
looking too well.
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26. I'm all right,
mr. Rogers.
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27. Keeping yourself fit
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28. is not only a
personal obligation.
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29. Oh, no, in a larger sense
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30. it's part of
your responsibility
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31. to your job
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32. and to the firm
that employs you.
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33. I'm not unaware
of that, mr. Rogers.
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34. Well, then why don't you
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35. pull yourself
together, man?
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36. Get some sleep at night.
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37. Eat regular meals, lots of milk
and fresh vegetables.
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38. Greens! Oh, you can't beat
those greens for vitamins.
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39. I'm a spinach and
lettuce man myself.
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40. I even have them
for breakfast.
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41. Well, if people wouldn't
look at me a little tilt.
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42. But the power's in
the greens, beechcroft.
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43. The power's definitely
in the greens.
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44. You're not drinking,
are you, beechcroft?
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45. I don't drink,
mr. Rogers.
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46. Well, then,
you don't drink
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47. and you don't stay
out late at night...
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48. are you watching
your diet?
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49. If you'd really like
to know, mr. Rogers
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50. if you'd really like
to know precisely
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51. why I am so dead tired
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52. you ought to try coming
to work on the subway
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53. at 7:30 every morning
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54. then jamming
into an elevator
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55. like part of
a herd of cattle
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56. then working in that...
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57. in that cacophonous din
that you call an office.
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58. Always get jostled,
always get shoved
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59. always get
pushed around.
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60. Take hold of yourself, beechcroft.
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61. For goodness sakes,
man, take hold.
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62. I'll take hold,
mr. Rogers.
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63. I'll take hold
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64. when I can achieve
that millennium
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65. that absolute perfection
that comes with solitude.
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66. You read me, mr. Rogers?
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67. People.
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68. People, people!
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69. If I had my way
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70. here's how I'd
fix the universe.
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71. I'd eliminate the people.
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72. I mean, cross them off
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73. get rid of them, destroy
them, decimate them
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74. and there'd only be
one man left-
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75. me, archibald
beechcroft, esquire.
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76. Why, you are quite mad,
beechcroft.
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77. Do you know that?
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78. People!
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79. Mr. Beechcroft.
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80. Mr. Beechcroft!
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81. Here's a place
for you, sir.
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82. I've been saving it.
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83. I am obliged, henry.
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84. Oh, think
nothing of it.
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85. I was...
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86. well, I was just
trying to make up
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87. for this morning.
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88. This morning?
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89. When I spilled
coffee on your coat.
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90. I'm really very sorry
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91. about that,
mr. Beechcroft.
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92. Oh, it's all right.
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93. A friend of mine
works in a bookstore
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94. around the corner.
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95. I went there
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96. first part
of the lunch break.
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97. I got you this.
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98. The mind and the matter:
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99. How you can achieve
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100. the ultimate power
of concentration.
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101. A little on
the occult side
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102. isn't that, henry?
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103. Maybe so,
mr. Beechcroft
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104. but this friend
of mine is...
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105. well, you might say
he's a student of the mind.
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106. Mm-hmm.
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107. Oh, he swears by that book.
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108. He says, to the best
of his knowledge
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109. it's the only one in existence.
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110. Would you believe it,
mr. Beechcroft
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111. I've seen my friend
cause a woman
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112. to purchase a chartreuse
and orange scarf.
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113. How's that?
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114. That's right.
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115. We were in
a department store
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116. and he saw some
woman picking over
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117. a table full of scarves
that were on sale.
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118. And he concentrated
real hard
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119. on the chartreuse
and orange one...
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120. and as sure
as I'm sitting here
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121. in the cafeteria of the park
central insurance company
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122. that woman picked up
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123. the chartreuse
and orange scarf.
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124. Why it's the absolute,
unvarnished truth.
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125. Oh, mr. Beechcroft,
I'm so sorry.
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126. Oh, I...
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127. I thank you so much
for the book, henry.
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128. I... I am indebted.
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129. Well... there.
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130. Uh, mr. Beechcroft,
chapter three-
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131. that's the one on
initial phenomena
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132. of intense
concentration.
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133. Chapter three.
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134. Chapter three,
right, chapter three.
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135. They're right.
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136. They're absolutely,
unequivocally right.
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137. Concentration is the most
underrated, unknown power
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138. in the universe.
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139. Why, a person could...
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140. a person could move mountains.
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141. There's really no limit
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142. to what a man could do
using the power properly.
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143. No limit at all.
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144. People.
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145. If I could just concentrate
hard enough to get rid of them.
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146. Concentration,
that's what it takes.
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147. Concentrate on getting
rid of the people.
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148. Mr. Beechcroft!
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149. Your rent is due,
mr. Beechcroft.
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150. Mr. Beechcroft!
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151. Rent's due.
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152. Mr. Beechcroft!
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153. Go away, disappear
be extinct!
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154. Mr. Beechcroft!
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155. Go away, be extinct,
disappear.
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156. Concentration.
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157. Mind over matter.
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158. Today the landlady,
tomorrow the world.
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159. All right, let's get going.
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160. That'll be just
about enough of that.
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161. All well and good.
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162. All well and good,
to be sure.
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163. But what's to do.
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164. How does one occupy his time?
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165. Too much of a good thing?
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166. Well, I wouldn't, uh,
I wouldn't say that.
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167. But you're thinking it.
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168. Bored to death,
aren't you?
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169. Well, uh, let's
just say that, um...
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170. let's just say
that I am temporarily
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171. somewhat accessible
to suggestions as to, uh...
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172. how to occupy
my time.
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173. So?
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174. Let's face it.
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175. You are bored to tears.
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176. Solitude is one thing
but loneliness...
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177. loneliness
is quite another.
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178. Loneliness nothing.
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179. I despise people.
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180. I loathe them.
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181. And I, archibald beechcroft,
have done away with them
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182. for good and all, mind you?
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183. For good and all.
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184. Thought about
any alternatives?
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185. Alternatives
to what?
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186. Alternatives
to this.
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187. You're bored.
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188. You don't
have idea one
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189. how to occupy
your time.
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190. People are
bad enough
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191. but inactivity
is even worse.
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192. How about it?
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193. Oh, don't talk nonsense, please.
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194. I'm content.
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195. I am honestly and truly content
for the first time in my life.
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196. I've rid myself of
the worst scourge there is:
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197. The populace.
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198. Well...
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199. what about
the thing
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200. that's going
to happen to you
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201. in the after...
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202. shut up.
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203. Although,
if the truth be known...
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204. I would like a little
diversion of some kind
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205. any sort of diversion...
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206. like, um...
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207. like, um, an earthquake.
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208. Uh, for goodness sakes,
no, no, no, not that!
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209. How about a nice little
electrical storm?
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210. Forget it!
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211. I believe I've had it
for the day.
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212. It's preying on
you now, isn't it?
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213. I mean, the quiet,
the emptiness.
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214. Well, the thing
of it is...
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215. it's just that
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216. while I don't care
much for people
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217. it's difficult
not having anyone.
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218. Why not get someone?
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219. That's the point,
someone is everyone.
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220. And I can't
stand everyone
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221. or anyone
for that matter.
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222. There frankly
isn't a breed
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223. or a specie
of human being
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224. that I can stomach.
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225. Ever thought of
a cocker spaniel?
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226. Well...
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227. I never cared much
for animals either.
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228. Of course, of course!
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229. Why didn't I think
of it before?
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230. Think of what?
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231. People!
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232. People who I can stand.
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233. People like...
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234. people like myself.
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235. That's what I'll do.
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236. I'll create people,
but they'll be like me.
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237. A world full of archibald beechcrofts.
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238. Now, that's
a thought.
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239. You bet your life
it's a thought.
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240. You bet your sweet life.
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241. That's what I'll do.
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242. I'll will it.
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243. I'll concentrate
and I'll will
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244. that from now on
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245. everyone I see
will be like me.
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246. It's really quite simple.
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247. People.
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248. It's not enough
they're just a mob.
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249. They're a
dishonest mob.
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250. Kindly deposit ten cents please
or shall I call the police.
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251. Will you please
get off my foot
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252. you ugly little man.
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253. 12th floor,
everybody out, please.
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254. Sardines!
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255. The noise, the miserable noise.
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256. I'll go out of my mind.
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257. I'll go out
of my ever-loving mind.
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258. A sty, that's what it is.
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259. Nothing
but people
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260. and people
are pigs.
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261. People, people, people, people.
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262. Is there no respite?
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263. Is there no relief?
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264. Herds, droves,
hosts and bevies of people.
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265. Will you people stop
muttering back there?
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266. I'm trying to work.
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267. Had it?
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268. Undeniably.
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269. Coming through
to you, huh?
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270. Without a doubt.
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271. A lot of me
is just as bad
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272. as a lot of them.
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273. So... what's to do now?
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274. I'll just
put it back
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275. the way it was.
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276. Just the way
it was.
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277. Oh!
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278. Oh, mr. Beechcroft,
sir, forgive me...
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279. uh, nothing
serious, henry.
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280. Just, uh, forget it.
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281. Yes?
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282. I was wondering...
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283. that book
I gave you.
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284. Did you get anything out of it?
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285. Well, uh...
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286. not really,
henry, I, uh...
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287. frankly, I thought
it was a lot of pap.
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288. It was interesting,
but totally unbelievable.
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289. Mr. Archibald beechcroft,
a child of the 20th century
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290. who has found out
through trial and error-
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291. and mostly error-
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292. that with all its faults
it may well be
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293. that this is the best
of all possible worlds.
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294. People notwithstanding,
it has much to offer.
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295. Tonight's case in point
in the twilight zone.
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296. Rod serling, creator
of the twilight zone
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297. will tell you
about next week's story
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298. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.
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299. And now, mr. Serling.
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300. It's been said that singularly,
the most difficult feat
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301. of all mankind is to find
a needle in a haystack.
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302. Onthe twilight zonenext time,
we do it one better.
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303. We pose a problem of finding
a martian in a snow bank.
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304. It all adds up to a kind of
extraterrestrial who's who
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305. with a couple of laughs, and
more than a couple of tensions.
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306. We recommend this
to the space buffs
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307. and the jigsaw puzzle addicts.
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308. Next time onthe twilight zone,
our story is called
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309. "will the real martian
please stand up."
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310. Captioned by media access
group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org
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311. hi, this is ed sullivan
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312. reminding you that the colgate-
palmolive company
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