1. and I'll telic you what,
the storm system's still moving west.
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3. The wind, Mom.
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9. Oh, sugar...
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as much as you want.
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18. No need for anybody to suffer.
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that she never had the chance
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- It's okay.
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absolutely blind.
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62. To live long, full lives.
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69. Excuse me.
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70. Do you mind if I make a call?
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71. Sure.
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72. I hope I haven't disappointed you.
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73. You couldn't disappoint me.
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77. This?
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80. I tried to read it
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81. Mom, it's not exactly...
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82. It's just the sound of your voice, darling.
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84. It's dated April 4th, 1985.
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86. "This is my last will and testament.
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87. "I don't have much to leave,
few possessions, no money, really.
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88. "I will go out of this world the same way
I came in, alone and with nothing.
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89. "All I have is my story,
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90. "and I'm writing it now
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91. "My name is Benjamin.
Benjamin Button. "
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92. And I was born under
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93. The First World War had ended,
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98. What are you doing here?
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99. Thomas,
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100. I'm afraid she's going to die.
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101. What?
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102. That's enough.
All of you, get away from her.
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103. I came as quickly as I could.
The streets are filled with people.
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104. Thomas.
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106. Yeah.
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107. She gave her life for me.
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109. Mr. Button.
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111. Thomas.
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115. - Come on, Queenie.
- Now, Mr. Weathers!
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116. Come on, now, you know I ain't got
nothing but work to do around here.
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117. - Come on. Just take some time.
- Stop all this foolishness.
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118. The air is sweet.
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119. You look very handsome tonight,
Miss Queenie.
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120. Handsome as I've ever seen.
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121. The brown matches your eyes.
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122. Oh, hush!
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You ain't no slouch yourself.
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124. Hambert's back in town.
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125. He came home legless, but he's home.
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126. I know you were sweet on him one time.
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128. Miss Simone messed herself.
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129. Oh, sweet Jesus.
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130. She got to stop doing that
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131. - I'll be right there, Miss Jameson!
- Now, Queenie, now come on.
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132. Okay, Queenie'll be right there.
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133. It's awful nice out here.
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134. Come on out back for a moment.
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135. You're so bad.
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136. - What in God's name?
- What's this?
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137. Oh, the Lord done something here.
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138. Hope I didn't hurt it none
stepping on it like that.
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139. We best leave that for the police.
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140. Poor baby.
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141. I'll go.
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142. It's for sure nobody wanted to keep it.
Come on, baby.
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143. Queenie? Where are you, Queenie?
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145. Okay. No, go, I'll be back.
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146. Queenie, Apple, she went and messed
herself all over again!
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147. Jane Childress, start her a bath!
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148. And mind your own business,
Mrs. Duprey.
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149. You'll be messing yourself
soon enough.
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150. Somebody stole my necklace.
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151. Okay. All right, Mrs. Hollister,
I'll be right with you, okay?
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152. Go on back upstairs, hear?
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153. You are as ugly as an old pot
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155. Queenie, Apple,
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156. Mercy.
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157. I'll be right there!
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158. Okay. You just wait right here
for me now, okay?
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159. My sister gave me those pearls.
I can't find them anywhere.
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160. - Somebody's been stealing my jewelry.
- They're right here, Mrs. Hollister. See?
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161. Right around your pretty white neck.
Now, come on. Hush all that noise.
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162. - Is Dr. Rose still here?
- I don't know.
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163. Your heart is strong.
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164. You just want to avoid
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165. I trust you ladies
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166. I have something.
Could you come downstairs?
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167. Never seen anything like it.
Nearly blind from cataracts.
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168. I'm not sure if he can hear.
His bones indicate severe arthritis.
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169. His skin has lost all elasticity,
and his hands and feet are ossified.
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170. He shows all the deterioration,
the infirmities, not of a newborn,
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171. but of a man well in his 80s
on his way to the grave.
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172. He's dying?
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173. His body is failing him
before his life's begun.
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174. Where'd he come from?
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175. My sister's child. From Lafayette.
She had an unfortunate adventure.
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176. The poor child, he got the worst of it.
Come out white.
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177. There are places for unwanted babies
like these, Queenie.
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178. No room for another mouth to feed here.
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a large nuisance as it is.
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181. - A baby...
- You said he don't have long.
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182. Queenie, some creatures
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183. No, this baby, he is a miracle.
That's for certain.
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for a little while.
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188. My sister had a child
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190. Benjamin.
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191. He's not a well child, so we're gonna
have to take good care of him.
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192. I had 10 children.
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193. There's not a baby I can't care for.
Let me see him.
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194. God in Heaven.
He looks just like my ex-husband.
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195. Look, he's prematurely old.
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196. Dr. Rose said he ain't got much more
time on this earth.
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197. Join the club.
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198. He's smiling!
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199. Hambert sends his
remembrances to you.
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200. Are you right out of your mind?
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201. I know you ain't got all the parts
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205. Please.
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208. Is any of this true?
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211. That clock just kept going,
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218. Stop banging that fork.
It's used for eating, not for playing with.
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219. And use your napkin, please,
Mr. Benjamin.
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220. Queenie!
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225. Benjamin! That is dangerous.
Come back over here.
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226. Stay put, child.
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229. Mama.
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themselves, one way or another.
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233. Just taking different roads to get there,
that's all.
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234. You're on your own road, Benjamin.
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236. Just be thankful
for what you're given, hear?
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237. You're already here longer
than you're supposed to.
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238. Some nights, I'd have to sleep alone.
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240. I would listen to the house breathing.
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241. All those people sleeping.
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243. It was a place of great routine.
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244. Every morning at 5:30,
no matter the weather,
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245. General Winslow, U. S. Army, Retired,
would raise the flag.
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once an opera singer of some note,
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248. All right, baby, come on.
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249. We got to put some life
into these old sticks for you.
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250. Get you walking so you can help me out
around here. Come on now, hear?
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251. No matter the season,
supper was served promptly at 5:30.
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252. Molasses.
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253. I learned to read when I was five.
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254. My grandfather was a dresser
for a famous actor.
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255. He brung home every play
for me to read.
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256. "Kind keepers of my weak decaying age,
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257. "Let dying Mortimer here rest himself.
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258. "Even like a man
new haled from the rack,
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259. "So fare my limbs
with long imprisonment.
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260. "And these gray locks,
the pursuivants of death,
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261. "Argue the end of Edmund Mortimer. "
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262. You thought I was plain ignorant,
didn't you?
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263. The actor my grandfather worked for
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264. He killed Abraham Lincoln.
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265. You never know what's coming for you.
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266. On Saturday nights,
Mama would make me go to church.
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267. Benjamin!
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268. - Amen! Amen!
- Amen! Amen!
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269. What can I do for you, sister?
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270. Her parts are all twisted up inside
and she can't have little children.
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to forgive this woman her sins
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272. so she can bear the fruit of the womb.
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273. Out, damnable affliction!
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- Praise God!
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276. - Hallelujah!
- Hallelujah!
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279. trying to ride him into the grave
before his time.
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280. - Out, Zebuchar!
- Yes!
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281. - Out, Beelzebub!
- Yes!
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285. He's seven.
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- Belief in his soul!
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288. - Yes!
- Yes!
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290. - Yes!
- Hallelujah!
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- Amen.
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295. Rise up!
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296. Come on.
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297. Come on. Walk.
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298. Come on, son. Come on.
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299. - Come on with it, son. Come on.
- Come on.
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300. Now God is gonna see you
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301. He's gonna see this little old man walk
without the use of a crutch or a cane.
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302. He's gonna see that you walk
from faith...
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303. - Hallelujah!
- ... and divine inspiration alone!
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304. - Yes.
- Hey, Ben!
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- Now walk.
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306. - Yes.
- Come on.
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- Hallelujah!
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318. That's right, Benjamin.
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319. Now when I look back on it,
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320. But you know the saying, the Lord
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321. Glory in the highest!
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322. Sweet Jesus!
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323. - No!
- No!
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For he's a jolly good fellow...
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326. So we wouldn't run out,
we would spare the candles.
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327. Queenie, you know I don't like birthdays
and I don't like cake.
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328. And death was a common visitor.
People came and went.
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329. You always knew
when someone left us.
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330. There was a silence in the house.
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331. It was a wonderful place to grow up.
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332. I was with people who had shed
ail the inconsequences of earlier life.
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333. Left wondering about the weather,
the temperature of a bath,
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334. the light at the end of a day.
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335. For everyone that died, someone would
come to take their place.
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336. I've been married five times.
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337. My fifth wife and I are captured
by a neighbor tribe of cannibals.
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338. Oh, goodness gracious.
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339. We escaped across the river.
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340. My wife, she can't swim,
so, sadly, she eaten.
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341. Oh, my God.
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342. My second wife steps on cobra
and dies.
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343. It was very bad luck
to be married to me.
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344. That's Mr. Oti. He's an acquaintance
of an acquaintance of mine.
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- He's a Pygmy.
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by the Baschiele tribe.
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347. They trade us for pigs, shoes, and beer
to a very strange American man.
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348. I hear you're not so old
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349. You just fooling everybody.
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350. What's the matter?
Did you get Madjembe?
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351. What's Madjembe?
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352. Worms.
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353. I don't think I have worms.
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355. - Did you take your pills today?
- No, ma'am.
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357. I found the medication
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370. She is orangutan.
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371. When I'm not playing with the monkeys,
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374. Then I leave zoo, go here, go there.
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376. Plenty of time you'll be alone.
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377. When you're different like us,
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379. Fat people, skinny people, tall people,
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380. white people,
they're just as alone as we are.
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381. But they're scared shitless.
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You ready, sugar?
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387. Filamena, Mr. Benjamin.
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388. - It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
- My pleasure, ma'am.
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389. You can find your own way home,
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Get in here.
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393. I mean, you take my breath away,
you know that?
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396. - How's her breathing?
- It's shallow.
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398. so I gotta get my baby
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399. They say there's nothing to worry about
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400. Nurses'll be right here if you need them.
Are you okay?
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401. - Yeah, I'm okay reading.
- I shouldn't be more than an hour.
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404. Go on, Caroline.
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405. "On Sundays, the families would come
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407. I met the person
who changed my life forever.
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408. Well, Benjamin.
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409. Might I say you are looking
strikingly youthful.
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410. Good day, Mrs. Fuller.
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411. A single cane,
back straight as an arrow.
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412. What elixir have you been drinking?
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413. - Thank you, ma'am.
- Grandma! Look at me!
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420. I never forgot her blue eyes.
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422. Health and food, for love and friends.
For everything thy goodness sends.
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424. - Amen!
- Amen!
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427. They're in the pheasant family,
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428. It's sad, don't you think?
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430. They are so delicious.
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431. - That's terrible.
- I have something to telic y'all
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answered her prayers?
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436. Thanks. Thank you.
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437. She's gonna have a baby, silly.
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438. That's what my mama said
when I was gonna have a baby brother,
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439. but he didn't live long,
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440. 'cause he didn't breathe right.
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441. "In the afternoon, when he had got
his beautiful hind legs
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442. "just as Big God Nqong had promised.
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443. "You can see that it is 5:00,
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444. "because Big God Nqong's
clock says so. "
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445. Isn't that something?
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446. Again, read it again.
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447. Oh, read it again, please.
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448. All right.
But afterwards, you must go to bed.
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449. I promise.
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450. "Old Man Kangaroo. "
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451. Are you sleeping?
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452. Who's that?
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453. It's me, Daisy.
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454. Oh, hi!
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455. 'Kay, come on.
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456. Where are we going?
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457. Come on. Under here.
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458. Here, you light it.
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459. I'm not supposed to play with matches.
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460. Don't be a chicken. Light it.
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461. I'll telic you a secret if you'll
telic me one.
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462. Okay.
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463. I saw my mama kissing another man.
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464. Her face was red from it.
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465. Your turn.
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466. I'm not as old as I look.
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467. I thought so.
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468. You don't seem like an old person.
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469. - Like my grandma.
- I'm not.
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470. Are you sick?
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471. Well, I heard Mama
and Tizzy whispering.
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472. They said I was gonna die soon,
but maybe not.
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473. You're odd.
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474. You're different
than anybody I've ever met.
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475. - May I?
- Okay.
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476. What are you doing under there?
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477. You come right out here
and get back up to bed!
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478. It's after midnight!
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479. You are not to be playing together.
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480. Yes, ma'am.
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481. Now you get back to bed, little lady.
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482. You're too young to be wandering
around in the night on your own.
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483. And you ought
to be ashamed of yourself.
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484. You are a different child.
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485. A man-child.
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486. And, baby, people aren't gonna
understand just how different you are.
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487. What's wrong with me, Mama?
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488. Come here.
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489. God hasn't said yet, baby.
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490. Now go on to bed, hear?
And behave yourself.
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491. Go on. Say your prayers, hear?
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492. Did I ever telic you I've been struck
by lightning seven times?
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493. Once when I was repairing
a leak on the roof.
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494. Once I was just crossing
the road to get the mail.
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495. I never forgot her...
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496. "... blue eyes. "
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497. Mom?
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498. Did you get that this Benjamin loved you
from the first time that he saw you?
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499. Not many people experience that.
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500. Want me to go on?
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501. He crosses something out.
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502. When that baby came,
things were different.
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503. Your mama gone away
And your daddy gonna stay
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504. Didn't leave nobody but the baby
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505. Babies were born, people died.
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506. A lot of folks been through
that old house.
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507. I've come to say goodbye.
I'm going away.
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508. Going?
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509. Where?
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510. I haven't figured that out yet,
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511. but I'll send you a postcard
when I get there.
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512. What about your friend, the tall lady?
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513. We are not friends anymore.
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514. That's what happens
with tall people sometimes.
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515. Well, goodbye.
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516. Spent a lot of time by myself that year.
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517. Hello?
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518. - Hi.
- I'm moving in today.
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519. Welcome. We've been expecting you.
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520. Can you please show her up
to Mrs. Rousseau's old room?
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521. I'm sorry, but we usually
don't allow dogs in the house.
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522. Well, she's old as the hills.
She's almost blind.
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523. She won't be a bother much longer.
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524. Well, all right,
long as she stays from up underfoot.
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525. Right this way, ma'am.
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526. As hard as I try,
I can't remember her name.
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527. Mrs. Lawson, or Mrs. Hartford.
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528. Maybe it was Maple.
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529. It's funny how sometimes
the people we remember the least
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530. make the greatest impression on us.
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531. I do remember she wore diamonds.
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532. And she always dressed in fine
clothing, as if she was going out.
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533. Although she never did
and nobody ever came to visit her.
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534. She taught me to play the piano.
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535. It's not about how well you play.
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536. It's how you feel
about what you're playing.
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537. Try this.
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538. You can't help putting yourself
in the music.
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539. There were many changes.
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540. Some you could see,
some you couldn't.
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541. Hair had started growing
in all sorts of places,
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542. along with other things.
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543. I felt pretty good, considering.
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544. Darling, the pain.
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545. All right, Mom, I'll get the nurse.
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546. Look at this eye.
This is a major hurricane,
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547. a slow hurricane,
with maximum sustained winds of...
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548. Not doing too good?
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549. Nobody seems to know
whether to stay or leave.
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550. I'm gonna ride it out.
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551. There.
That should make things much easier.
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552. Have you had a chance
to say your goodbyes?
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553. My father waited four hours for
my brother to get here from Boger City.
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554. Couldn't go without him.
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555. - She seems like a sweet woman.
- Yeah.
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556. I haven't had as much time with her
as I would've...
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557. - You busy? I could use your help.
- Excuse me.
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558. Sure.
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559. "Queenie would let me go
with Mr. Daws... "
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560. to Poverty Point to watch the boats
go up and down the river.
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561. These were hard times.
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562. Did I ever telic you I was struck
by lightning seven times?
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563. Once when I was in the field,
just tending to my cows.
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564. My fourth hand didn't show up.
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565. Anybody want to make $2
for a day's work 'round here?
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566. What's the matter?
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567. Nobody wants to do an honest
day's work for an honest day's pay?
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568. He never pays.
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569. - Nobody wants a job?
- I do.
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570. You got your sea legs about you,
old man?
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571. I think.
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572. Well, that's good enough for me.
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573. Get your ass on board.
We'll sure as hell find out.
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574. I was as happy as I could be.
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575. I need a volunteer!
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576. I would do anything.
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577. Yes, Captain!
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578. Scrape off all this bird shit!
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579. Right away, sir.
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580. And I was actually gonna be paid
for something I would've done for free.
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581. His name was Captain Mike Clark.
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582. He'd been on a tugboat
since he was seven.
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583. Get moving, then.
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584. Come here.
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585. Can you still get it up?
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586. I do every morning.
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587. The old pole, huh? The high, hard one?
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588. I guess.
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589. When was the last time
you had a woman?
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590. - Never.
- Never?
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591. Not that I know of, sir.
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592. Wait a minute, now.
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593. You mean to say you've been
on this earth however many years
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594. and you've never had a woman?
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595. Damn, that's the saddest thing
I've ever heard in my life.
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596. Never?
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597. No.
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598. Well, then, by Jesus,
you are coming with me.
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599. What did your father do?
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600. I never met my father.
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601. You lucky bastard.
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602. All fathers want to do is hold you down.
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603. Out on my father's boat,
workin' the two-a-day,
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604. this little, fat bastard.
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605. "Tug Irish," they called him.
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606. Anyway, I finally work up the nerve
and telic him,
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607. "I don't want to spend the rest of
my life on a goddamn tugboat. "
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608. You know what I'm saying?
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609. You don't want to spend
the rest of your life on a tugboat.
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610. Absolutely! Damn right!
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611. So you know
what my father says to me?
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612. He says,
"Who the hell do you think you are?
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613. "What the hell do you think you can do?"
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614. So I telic him.
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615. "Well, if you're asking,
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616. "I want to be an artist. "
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617. He laughs.
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618. "An artist? God meant for you
to work a tugboat, just like me.
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619. "And that's exactly
what you're gonna do. "
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620. Well, I turned myself into an artist.
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621. A tattoo artist!
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622. I put on every one of these myself.
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623. You have to skin me alive
to take my art away from me now.
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624. When I'm dead,
I'm gonna send him my arm.
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625. That one.
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626. Don't let anyone telic you different.
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627. You gotta do what you're meant to do.
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628. And I happen to be a goddamned artist.
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629. But you're a tugboat captain.
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630. Captain Mike?
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631. We're ready for you and your friend.
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632. Let's go, old timer, eh?
Break your cherry.
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633. - Hello, my lovelies!
- Hey, Captain.
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634. - Hi, Captain.
- Hi.
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635. - Hi.
- Hi.
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636. He gives me the willies.
That is not for me.
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637. How are you tonight, grandpa?
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638. It was a night to remember.
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639. What are you, Dick Tracy or something?
I've got to rest.
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640. Again.
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641. - Thank you.
- No, thank you. You have a nice night.
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642. - Will you be here tomorrow?
- Every night but Sunday.
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643. It sure made me understand
the value of earning a living.
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644. Good night, sweetie. Come back now.
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645. Things money can buy you.
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646. It's nasty out.
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647. Can I offer you a ride somewhere?
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648. Well, that's awfully kind of you, sir.
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649. My name is Thomas, Thomas Button.
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650. - I'm Benjamin.
- Benjamin.
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651. It's a pleasure to know you.
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652. Would you like to stop somewhere
and have a drink?
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653. All right.
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654. Evening, Mr. Button.
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655. What'll it be, sir?
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656. - I'll have whatever he's having.
- Sazerac for the both of us.
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657. With whiskey, not brandy.
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658. You don't drink, do you?
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659. - It's a night for firsts.
- How's that?
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660. I've never been to a brothel, either.
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661. Well, it's an experience.
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662. It certainly is.
There's a time for everything.
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663. - True enough.
- Your drinks.
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664. I don't mean to be rude, but your hands.
Is that painful?
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665. Well, I was born
with some form of disease.
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666. What kind of disease?
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667. I was born old.
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668. - I'm sorry.
- No need to be.
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669. There's nothing wrong with old age.
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670. My wife passed away many years ago.
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671. I'm so, so sorry.
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672. She died in childbirth.
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673. - To children.
- To mothers.
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674. What line of work you in, Mr. Button?
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675. Buttons. Button's Buttons.
There isn't a button that we don't make.
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676. Our biggest competition
is B. F. Goodrich
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677. and his infernal zippers.
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678. Would you gentlemen like
anything else?
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679. One for the road, Benjamin?
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680. Only if you let me pay for it, Mr. Button.
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681. So, what line of work do you do?
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682. I'm a tugboat man.
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683. I enjoyed talking to you.
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684. I enjoyed drinking with you.
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685. Benjamin?
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686. Would you mind if, time to time,
I stopped by and said hello?
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687. Anytime. Good night, Mr. Button.
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688. Good night, Benjamin.
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689. Drive on.
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690. Where have you been?
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691. Nothing. I met some people
and listened to some music.
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692. Oh, sweet Jesus, boy!
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693. Growing up's a funny thing.
Sneaks up on you.
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694. One person is there, then suddenly
somebody else has taken her place.
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695. She wasn't all elbows
and knees anymore.
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696. Benjamin! Come on!
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697. Okay.
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698. I loved those weekends
when she'd come
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699. and spend the night
with her grandmother.
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700. Daisy. Daisy.
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701. You want to see something?
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702. You gotta keep it a secret,
so get dressed. I'll meet you out back.
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703. Come on.
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704. - Can you swim?
- I can do anything you can do.
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705. Here, put this on. We gotta hurry.
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706. Is he okay?
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707. Captain?
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708. Captain Mike?
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709. Morning, Captain. Can you take us out?
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710. Do you know what day it is?
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711. Sunday?
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712. Do you know what that means?
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713. Means I was very drunk last night.
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714. Well, you're drunk every night.
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715. - Is that a girl?
- Close friend.
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716. I want to show her the river.
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717. You're not supposed to go joyriding
with civilians.
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718. I could lose my license.
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719. What are you waiting for?
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720. Pulled in for repair a wounded duck.
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721. She's flying now, huh?
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722. Ahoy, sailor!
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723. I wish we could go with them.
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724. Did you say something, Mom?
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725. It's getting really bad.
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726. Can you hear me, Mom?
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727. Time just seeped out of me.
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728. "Things were changing quickly. "
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729. I don't know how it's possible,
but you seem to have more hair.
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730. What if I told you
that I wasn't getting older,
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731. but I was getting younger
than everybody else?
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732. Well, I'd feel sorry for you,
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733. to have to see everybody you love
die before you do.
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734. It's an awful responsibility.
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735. I'd never thought about life or death
that way before.
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736. Benjamin, we're meant
to lose the people we love.
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737. How else would we know
how important they are to us?
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738. And one fall day, a familiar visitor
came knocking on our door.
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739. You want to go with me
to the drugstore?
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740. She taught me how to play the piano.
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741. - Amen.
- Amen.
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742. And she taught me
what it meant to miss somebody.
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743. Let's go.
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744. I had gone to a brothel.
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745. I'd had my first drink.
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746. Said goodbye to one friend
and buried another.
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747. In 1936, when I was coming to
the end of the 17th year of my life,
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748. I packed my bag, said goodbye.
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749. - Bye, Benjamin.
- Goodbye.
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750. I knew, life being what it was,
I'd probably never see them again.
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751. Bye, Mr. Benjamin.
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752. - Good luck to you, son.
- Thank you.
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753. - I love you, Mama.
- I love you, too, baby.
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754. I want you to say your prayers
every night, hear?
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755. Be safe, hear?
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756. Benjamin!
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757. - Where you going?
- To sea.
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758. I'll send you a postcard.
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759. From everywhere.
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760. Write me a postcard from everywhere.
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761. Can you imagine?
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762. He sent me a postcard
from everywhere he went.
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763. Every place he worked.
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764. Newfoundland. Baffin Bay.
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765. Glasgow. Liverpool. Narvik.
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766. He had gone with that Captain Mike.
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767. Captain Mike had contracted
for three years
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768. with Moran Brothers Tug and Salvage.
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769. The old ship had been refitted with
a diesel engine and a new sea winch.
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770. We went around Florida
and up the Atlantic seaboard.
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771. We were a crew of seven now.
Captain Mike and me.
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772. Cookie, Prentiss Mayes
from Wilmington, Delaware.
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773. The Brody twins, Rick and Vic,
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774. who got along fine at sea
but, for some reason,
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775. once they were on dry land
couldn't stand the sight of each other.
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776. You know, one in every
eight boats never returns.
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777. There was John Grimm,
who sure fit his name.
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778. All hands lost at sea.
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779. From Belvedere, South Dakota.
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780. And Pleasant Curtis
from Asheville, Notch.
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781. Never said a word to anyone,
except himself.
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782. I wrote him constantly.
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783. I told him I had been invited to
audition in New York City
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784. for the School of American Ballet.
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785. Please stay.
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786. Thank you. Thank you.
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787. You can stay.
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788. But I was relegated to the corps.
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789. Another dancing gypsy.
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790. Benjamin!
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791. How is it when you showed up
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792. you were no bigger than a bollard
with one foot in the grave,
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793. but now, either I drink a hell
of a lot more than I think I do,
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794. or you sprouted?
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795. What's your secret?
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796. Well, Captain,
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797. you do drink a lot.
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798. We stayed in a small hotel
with a grand name, The Winter Palace.
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799. You have no idea
what you're talking about.
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800. The hummingbird
is not just another bird.
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801. Its heart rate's 1,200 beats per minute.
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802. Its wings beat 80 times a second.
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803. If you was to stop their wings
from beating,
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804. it would be dead
in less than 10 seconds.
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805. This is no ordinary bird.
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806. This is a frickin' miracle.
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807. They slowed down their wings
with moving pictures,
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808. and you know what they saw?
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809. Their wingtips are doing that.
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810. You know what the figure eight
is the mathematical symbol for?
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811. Infinity.
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812. Infinity!
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813. Everybody, no matter
what differences they had,
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814. the languages, the color of their skin,
had one thing in common.
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815. They were drunk every single night.
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816. Three, please.
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817. Could you hold, dear, for us, please?
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818. Thank you very much. Good evening.
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819. Her name was Elizabeth Abbott.
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820. She was not beautiful.
She was plain as paper.
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821. But she was pretty as any picture to me.
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822. What are you looking at?
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823. If you must know,
we have a longstanding agreement
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824. never to go to bed sober.
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825. - Isn't that right, darling?
- Whatever you say, darling.
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826. Her husband was Walter Abbott.
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827. He was Chief Minister of
the British Trade Mission in Murmansk,
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828. and he was a spy.
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829. - Darling.
- Oh, thank you, my darling.
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830. - Key, darling.
- Oh, yes.
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831. I broke my heel off one of my shoes.
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832. I'm not in the habit of walking about
in my stocking feet.
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833. They were long days there.
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834. And even longer nights.
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835. One particular night,
I was having trouble sleeping.
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836. I'm sorry.
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837. I couldn't sleep.
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838. I was gonna make some tea.
Would you like some?
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839. Oh, no. Thank you.
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840. Milk? Honey?
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841. A bit of honey, please.
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842. I hope you like flies in your honey.
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843. Oh, perhaps not.
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844. Oh, maybe better to let it steep a little.
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845. Steep?
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846. Soak.
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847. I don't know, I mean,
there's a proper way of making tea.
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848. Well, where I'm from,
people just want it to be hot.
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849. Well, quite right.
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850. - Now, you're a seaman.
- A sailor.
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851. I hope you won't think me impolite,
but I have to ask,
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852. aren't you a little old
to be working on a boat?
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853. There's no age limit,
as long as you can do the work.
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854. And you have trouble sleeping?
Thank you.
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855. I didn't think I did.
I usually sleep like a baby.
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856. Something's been keeping me up.
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857. My father, in his 80s,
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858. he was so convinced
he was gonna die in his sleep,
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859. he limited himself
to having afternoon naps.
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860. He was so determined
he was gonna cheat death.
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861. - Did he?
- Did he what?
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862. Die in his sleep?
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863. He died sitting in his favorite chair
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864. listening to his favorite program
on the wireless.
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865. He must have known something.
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866. My husband's the British Trade Minister,
and we've been here for 14 months.
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867. - Good God.
- We were supposed to go to Peking...
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868. but it never seemed to work out.
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869. Have you been in the Far East?
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870. No. I've never been anywhere, really.
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871. I mean, outside of harbors.
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872. And where is it that you're from?
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873. New Orleans. Louisiana.
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874. I didn't know there was another.
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875. And she told me about all the places
she had been, and what she had seen.
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876. And we talked till just before the dawn.
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877. I'm just a lush, myself.
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878. And we went back to our rooms,
to our separate lives.
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879. But every night,
we'd meet again in that lobby.
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880. A hotel in the middle of the night
can be a magical place.
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881. A mouse running, and stopping.
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882. A radiator hissing.
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883. A curtain blowing.
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884. There's something peaceful,
even comforting
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885. knowing that the people you love
are asleep in their beds
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886. where nothing can harm them.
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887. Elizabeth and I would lose track
of the night
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888. until just before daybreak.
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889. I think I may have given you
the wrong impression.
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890. Beg pardon?
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891. Well, married women don't customarily
sit around
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892. in the middle of the night
with strange men in hotels.
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893. I wouldn't know what a married woman
does or doesn't do.
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894. Good night.
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895. Murmansk.
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896. "I've met somebody,
and I've fallen in love. "
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897. Mom?
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898. That was over 60 years ago.
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899. Did you love him, Mother?
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900. What does a girl know about love?
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901. Well...
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902. - I'm not dressed.
- Oh, you look splendid, just as you are.
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903. Don't waste any time bothering about
the wine or the cheese in Murmansk,
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904. 'cause they're really
completely ordinary,
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905. but the caviar and the vodka
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906. are sublime and plentiful.
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907. So.
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908. Savor it.
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909. And don't eat it all at once,
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910. because that way,
there's nothing left to enjoy.
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911. And now, take a little swallow of vodka
while it's still in your mouth.
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912. You haven't been with many women,
have you?
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913. Not on Sundays.
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914. And you've never had caviar before,
have you?
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915. No, ma'am.
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916. When I was 19,
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917. I attempted to become the first
woman ever to swim the English Channel.
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918. Really?
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919. But the current that day
was so strong that,
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920. for every stroke I took,
I was pushed back two.
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921. I was in the water for 32 hours.
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922. And when I was two miles from Calais,
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923. it started to rain.
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924. That's it! Steady on!
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925. When I couldn't go any further,
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926. I stopped.
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927. I just stopped.
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928. And everybody asked me,
would I try again?
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929. For why wouldn't I?
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930. But I never did.
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931. As a matter of fact, I've never done
anything with my life after that.
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932. Your hands are so coarse.
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933. I can feel the wind in your cheek.
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934. I'm afraid it's the witching hour.
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935. It was the first time
a woman had ever kissed me.
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936. It's something you never forget.
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937. I think you make me feel younger.
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938. You make me feel years younger, too.
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939. I wish I was.
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940. So many things I'd change.
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941. I'd undo all my mistakes.
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942. What mistakes?
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943. I kept waiting, you know?
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944. Thinking that I'd do something
to change my circumstances.
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945. Do something.
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946. Such an awful waste.
You never get it back.
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947. Wasted time.
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948. If we're going to have an affair,
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949. you're never to look at me
during the day.
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950. And we're always to part before sunrise.
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951. And we will never say "I love you. "
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952. Those are the rules.
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953. - Are you cold?
- I'm freezing.
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954. Oh, you! You're frozen.
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955. What an idiot, I'm standing here
in this fur. How thoughtless of me.
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956. She was the first woman
that ever loved me.
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957. You want me to skip some?
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958. No, I'm glad he had somebody
to keep him warm.
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959. "I couldn't wait to see her again. "
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960. We saw each other every night.
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961. We always used the same room.
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962. But each time seemed new
and different.
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963. Come here.
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964. Elizabeth.
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965. Good night.
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966. Until one night.
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967. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941,
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968. a date which will live in infamy...
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969. It's a meeting, a policy meeting
regarding your future,
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970. possibly beyond.
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971. There's been a change of plan, lads.
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972. As you may or may not know,
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973. the Japs bombed
Pearl Harbor yesterday.
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974. Frank D. Roosevelt's asked
each of us to do our part.
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975. The Chelsea's been commissioned
to serve in the United States Navy.
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976. To repair, to salvage, and to rescue.
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977. Anybody doesn't want to go to war,
now is the time to say so.
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978. Once you set foot on that boat,
you're in the Navy, friend.
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979. Yeah, I've been meaning
to talk with you, Mike.
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980. My wife's doing poorly.
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981. I'd like to maybe see her one more time.
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982. You're free to make your way home
any way you can, Mr. Mayes.
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983. Well, if he's leaving, who's gonna cook?
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984. Food poisoning's one of the leading
causes of death at sea.
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985. Right after
inadequate safety equipment.
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986. I can cook, Captain.
Been doing it all my life.
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987. I don't know.
You're a little moody for war, Benjamin.
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988. What the hell?
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989. I'll take any man wants to kick the shite
out of the Japs and the Huns.
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990. That's it, pack your gear.
We're going to war, gentlemen!
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991. She had left a note.
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992. She wrote,
"It was nice to have met you. "
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993. And that was it.
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994. It wasn't the war any of us expected.
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995. We would just tow crippled ships,
scraps of metal, really.
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996. If there was a war, we didn't see it.
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997. There was a man assigned to us.
The Chief Gunner loved the Navy.
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998. But most of all, he loved America.
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999. There is no other country in the world.
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1000. When you spell America...
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1001. His name was Dennis Smith,
and he was a full-blooded Cherokee.
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1002. His family had been Americans
for over 500 years.
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1003. These pacifists.
They say they won't fight on conscience.
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1004. Now, where would be
if everybody decided to act...
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1005. - ... according to their conscience?
- Keep it down, would you, Chief?
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1006. Hey. I've been watching you.
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1007. You seem trustworthy.
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1008. If something happens to me,
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1009. could you see that this gets to my wife?
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1010. He'd given me all of his pay.
Hadn't spent a dime of it.
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1011. I want my family to know
I was thinking about them.
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1012. All hands on deck!
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1013. Get your asses up here,
you lazy bastards!
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1014. The war had finally found us.
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1015. All stop!
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1016. Pleasant, man that light.
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1017. A transport carrying 1,300 men
had been split by a torpedo.
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1018. We were first to arrive at the scene.
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1019. - Cut the engines!
- All stop!
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1020. We were the only sound.
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1021. Fellas!
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1022. Sub!
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1023. We sure as hell
can't outrun them fuckers.
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1024. Battle stations!
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1025. Thank you, Chief.
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1026. What?
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1027. Is that the last one?
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1028. Captain!
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1029. They shot the hell out of my painting!
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1030. Give me your other hand.
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1031. You'll be all right, Captain.
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1032. They got a nice spot in Heaven
waiting for you. Nice spot.
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1033. You can be as mad as a mad dog
at the way things went.
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1034. You could swear, curse the Fates.
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1035. But when it comes to the end,
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1036. you have to let go.
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1037. Captain?
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1038. Thirteen hundred and twenty eight men
died that day.
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1039. I said my goodbyes to the Cherokee,
Dennis Smith.
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1040. John Grimm, who was right,
he was gonna die there.
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1041. I sent Pleasant Curtis' wife his money.
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1042. I said goodbye to the twin, Vic Brody,
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1043. and to Mike Clark,
captain of the tugboat Chelsea.
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1044. I said goodbye to all the other men
who had dreams of their own,
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1045. ail the men
who wanted to be insurance salesmen...
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1046. or doctors or lawyers or Indian chiefs.
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1047. This don't get fixed.
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1048. Out here, death didn't seem natural.
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1049. I'd never seen a hummingbird
that far out to sea.
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1050. Before or since.
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1051. And in May of 1945,
when I was 26 years old,
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1052. I came home.
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1053. I'm ready! I'm ready!
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1054. I'm coming!
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1055. - I'm ready!
- All right, I'm coming, Miss Alfalina.
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1056. - Queenie?
- Yes?
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1057. Sweet Jesus! Oh, you're home!
Oh, Lord, you came back!
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1058. - Let me look at you.
- Who's that, Mama?
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1059. - Child, it's your brother, Benjamin.
- I didn't know he was my brother.
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1060. There's a shitload of things
you don't know, child.
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1061. Get on out there and finish sweeping.
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1062. Come here, wash your hands,
help me with the table. Go on, now.
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1063. Turn around.
You look like you've been born again.
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1064. Younger than the springtime.
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1065. I think that preacher laid hands on you
gave you a second life.
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1066. I knew it that moment I saw you,
you were special.
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1067. I telic you what, my knees are sore,
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1068. 'cause I've been on them every night
asking the Lord,
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1069. I said,
"God, just bring him home safely. "
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1070. Remember what I told you?
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1071. "You never know
what's coming for you?"
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1072. That's right. Sit down.
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1073. Well, you learn anything
worth repeating?
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1074. - I sure saw some things.
- Oh, you seen some pain.
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