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Speaker 1: made me want to practice celibacy. Do you honestly think

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Speaker 1: so don't be strong in that area. Stick to your beliefs,

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Speaker 1: and yes, uh, as impossible as it may seem, some

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Speaker 1: with your body. If you want to wait, you have

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Speaker 1: every right to wait. Steve, you you can just wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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Speaker 1: me right now, I just want off right now. You

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Speaker 1: I ain't nobody, Yeah, wait for the rightning. Real men

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