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Speaker 4: You know what you got?

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Speaker 4: That's where the audience approats, You're way for it.

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Speaker 1: Wait for it.

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Speaker 3: Clearly these guys are going for.

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Speaker 4: Don't go out lace and the car pools. Some guys

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Speaker 1: We were hippies. We just did not listen.

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Speaker 1: Did I write that that is John Lennon? That's John?

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Speaker 1: You talk about a complicated relationship, think of this. McCartney

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Speaker 1: Is that all?

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Speaker 6: You're a non believer? Why should we waste time on kabuki?

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. What a set drawn up by coach Bruce in

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Speaker 1: After beating Allen to the wire, sophomore guard Jadarien Williams

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