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Speaker 1: to another sub sub sub sub whatever, subsegment of women

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Speaker 1: my goodness, I'm so excited about this one. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad I chose who I did, which is Dana Scully,

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Speaker 1: love it. So I know I've talked about my experience

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Speaker 1: grow up watching X Files terrified and terrified me. Uh

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Speaker 1: She was played by Jillian Anderson and appeared in all

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