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grandfather<00:13:16.440><c> told</c><00:13:16.799><c> me,</c>

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Involvement<00:13:19.820><c> versus</c><00:13:20.220><c> commitment</c><00:13:20.759><c> can</c><00:13:21.019><c> be</c><00:13:21.200><c> summed</c><00:13:21.419><c> up</c><00:13:22.139><c> in</c><00:13:22.539><c> breakfast.</c>

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Breakfast,<00:13:24.220><c> bacon</c><00:13:24.679><c> and</c><00:13:24.919><c> eggs,</c><00:13:26.399><c> the</c><00:13:26.559><c> chicken's</c><00:13:27.019><c> involved,</c>

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What<00:13:34.000><c> better</c><00:13:34.440><c> example</c><00:13:34.779><c> though</c><00:13:35.120><c> when</c><00:13:35.879><c> we</c><00:13:36.059><c> look</c><00:13:36.220><c> at</c><00:13:36.399><c> scripture</c>

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involving<00:13:37.179><c> commitment,</c>

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we<00:13:51.039><c> find</c><00:13:51.419><c> that</c><00:13:51.600><c> his</c><00:13:51.759><c> whole</c><00:13:51.940><c> ministry</c><00:13:52.580><c> was</c><00:13:53.159><c> 1</c><00:13:53.519><c>,095</c><00:13:54.779><c> marbles.</c>

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Just<00:14:01.399><c> look</c><00:14:01.559><c> what</c><00:14:01.679><c> he</c><00:14:01.879><c> did</c><00:14:01.980><c> with</c><00:14:02.139><c> his</c><00:14:02.440><c> marbles,</c><00:14:04.279><c> teaching</c><00:14:04.500><c> the</c><00:14:04.840><c> disciples,</c>

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Therefore,<00:14:52.159><c> by</c><00:14:52.399><c> their</c><00:14:52.620><c> fruits</c><00:14:53.019><c> shall</c><00:14:53.480><c> they</c><00:14:53.720><c> be</c><00:14:54.019><c> known.</c>

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Methuselah,<00:15:44.159><c> 969</c><00:15:44.759><c> years.</c>

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Noah,<00:15:59.860><c> just</c><00:16:00.120><c> the</c><00:16:00.340><c> time</c><00:16:00.480><c> he</c><00:16:00.679><c> built</c><00:16:00.799><c> the</c><00:16:01.100><c> ark,</c><00:16:01.700><c> not</c><00:16:01.879><c> his</c><00:16:02.039><c> whole</c><00:16:02.220><c> life,</c>

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just<00:16:02.639><c> the</c><00:16:02.860><c> time</c><00:16:02.960><c> he</c><00:16:03.120><c> built</c><00:16:03.220><c> the</c><00:16:03.480><c> ark,</c><00:16:04.340><c> 120</c><00:16:04.919><c> years.</c>

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Children<00:16:17.000><c> of</c><00:16:17.200><c> Israel,</c><00:16:19.120><c> 40</c><00:16:19.419><c> years</c><00:16:19.679><c> in</c><00:16:19.840><c> the</c><00:16:19.940><c> wilderness.</c>

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2<00:16:23.400><c>,080</c><00:16:23.940><c> marbles.</c>

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Two<00:16:25.620><c> and</c><00:16:25.759><c> a</c><00:16:25.840><c> half</c><00:16:25.940><c> jars.</c>

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But<00:16:27.679><c> that</c><00:16:27.840><c> story</c><00:16:27.960><c> doesn't</c><00:16:28.179><c> end</c><00:16:28.340><c> that</c><00:16:28.620><c> well,</c><00:16:28.960><c> so</c><00:16:29.320><c> let's</c><00:16:29.700><c> skip</c>

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that<00:16:30.120><c> one.</c>

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jars,<00:16:42.139><c> but</c><00:16:42.480><c> now</c><00:16:42.740><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:43.740><c> from</c><00:16:44.019><c> the</c><00:16:44.200><c> crucifixion</c><00:16:45.379><c> till</c><00:16:45.919><c> now,</c>

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It's<00:16:53.700><c> a</c><00:16:53.960><c> total</c><00:16:53.960><c> of</c><00:16:55.259><c> 103</c><00:16:55.940><c>,116</c><00:16:58.860><c> marbles,</c><00:17:01.000><c> 125</c><00:17:01.779><c> jars.</c>

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to<00:17:05.579><c> losing</c><00:17:05.839><c> your</c><00:17:06.160><c> marbles,</c><00:17:06.599><c> doesn't</c><00:17:06.759><c> it?</c>

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One<00:17:14.920><c> thing</c><00:17:15.079><c> I</c><00:17:15.160><c> want</c><00:17:15.240><c> to</c><00:17:15.259><c> finish</c><00:17:15.519><c> up</c><00:17:15.700><c> with</c><00:17:15.900><c> is</c><00:17:16.079><c> a</c><00:17:16.299><c> poem.</c>

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The<00:17:18.180><c> poem's</c><00:17:18.400><c> called</c><00:17:18.599><c> The</c><00:17:18.900><c> Dash,</c><00:17:19.619><c> some</c><00:17:19.740><c> of</c><00:17:19.839><c> you</c><00:17:19.920><c> might</c><00:17:20.119><c> know</c><00:17:20.299><c> it.</c>

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It<00:17:20.779><c> was</c><00:17:20.980><c> written</c><00:17:21.160><c> by</c><00:17:21.420><c> a</c><00:17:21.579><c> lady</c><00:17:21.799><c> named</c><00:17:22.039><c> Linda</c><00:17:22.400><c> Ellis.</c>

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It's<00:17:23.920><c> kind</c><00:17:24.000><c> of</c><00:17:24.099><c> a</c><00:17:24.119><c> neat</c><00:17:24.279><c> little</c><00:17:24.500><c> poem.</c>

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Let<00:17:26.619><c> me</c><00:17:26.619><c> read</c><00:17:26.779><c> that</c><00:17:27.099><c> for</c><00:17:27.259><c> you.</c>

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I<00:17:29.700><c> read</c><00:17:29.900><c> of</c><00:17:30.039><c> a</c><00:17:30.200><c> man</c><00:17:30.359><c> who</c><00:17:30.559><c> stood</c><00:17:30.720><c> to</c><00:17:31.059><c> speak</c>

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at<00:17:31.500><c> the</c><00:17:31.740><c> funeral</c><00:17:31.980><c> of</c><00:17:32.200><c> a</c><00:17:32.420><c> friend.</c>

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He<00:17:33.539><c> referred</c><00:17:33.819><c> to</c><00:17:34.019><c> the</c><00:17:34.200><c> dates</c><00:17:34.359><c> on</c><00:17:34.519><c> his</c><00:17:34.779><c> tombstone</c>

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from<00:17:35.799><c> the</c><00:17:36.099><c> beginning</c><00:17:36.339><c> to</c><00:17:36.579><c> the</c><00:17:36.799><c> end.</c>

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He<00:17:38.119><c> noted</c><00:17:38.339><c> that</c><00:17:38.619><c> first</c><00:17:38.880><c> came</c><00:17:39.099><c> the</c><00:17:39.299><c> date</c><00:17:39.440><c> of</c><00:17:39.579><c> his</c><00:17:39.819><c> birth</c>

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and<00:17:41.180><c> spoke</c><00:17:41.460><c> the</c><00:17:41.779><c> followed</c><00:17:42.019><c> date</c><00:17:42.319><c> with</c><00:17:42.579><c> tears.</c>

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But<00:17:43.900><c> he</c><00:17:44.180><c> said</c><00:17:44.240><c> what</c><00:17:44.460><c> mattered</c><00:17:44.720><c> most</c><00:17:45.059><c> of</c><00:17:45.319><c> all</c>

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was<00:17:46.259><c> the</c><00:17:46.559><c> dash</c><00:17:47.059><c> between</c><00:17:47.460><c> the</c><00:17:47.779><c> years.</c>

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For<00:17:51.240><c> the</c><00:17:51.480><c> dash</c><00:17:51.700><c> represents</c><00:17:52.319><c> all</c><00:17:52.660><c> the</c><00:17:52.920><c> time</c>

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they<00:17:53.960><c> spent</c><00:17:54.220><c> alive</c><00:17:54.619><c> on</c><00:17:54.900><c> Earth.</c>

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And<00:17:56.539><c> now</c><00:17:56.940><c> only</c><00:17:57.359><c> those</c><00:17:57.660><c> who</c><00:17:57.940><c> loved</c><00:17:58.119><c> him</c><00:17:58.700><c> know</c><00:17:59.160><c> what</c>

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that<00:17:59.680><c> little</c><00:17:59.900><c> line</c><00:18:00.460><c> is</c><00:18:00.940><c> worth.</c>

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It<00:18:02.740><c> matters</c><00:18:03.059><c> not</c><00:18:03.480><c> how</c><00:18:03.839><c> much</c><00:18:04.019><c> we</c><00:18:04.319><c> own,</c><00:18:05.180><c> the</c><00:18:05.460><c> cars,</c><00:18:05.819><c> the</c><00:18:06.059><c> house,</c>

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the<00:18:06.660><c> cash.</c>

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What<00:18:08.000><c> matters</c><00:18:08.500><c> is</c><00:18:08.819><c> how</c><00:18:09.059><c> we</c><00:18:09.339><c> lived</c><00:18:09.500><c> and</c><00:18:09.859><c> loved</c>

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and<00:18:10.819><c> how</c><00:18:11.019><c> we</c><00:18:11.299><c> spent</c><00:18:11.700><c> the</c><00:18:12.359><c> dash.</c>

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So<00:18:14.220><c> think</c><00:18:14.420><c> about</c><00:18:14.660><c> this</c><00:18:14.880><c> long</c><00:18:15.119><c> and</c><00:18:15.440><c> hard</c>

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as<00:18:16.539><c> the</c><00:18:16.880><c> things</c><00:18:17.299><c> you'd</c><00:18:17.880><c> like</c><00:18:17.940><c> to</c><00:18:18.240><c> change.</c>

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For<00:18:19.700><c> you</c><00:18:19.859><c> never</c><00:18:20.160><c> know</c><00:18:20.420><c> how</c><00:18:20.640><c> much</c><00:18:20.940><c> time</c><00:18:21.220><c> is</c><00:18:21.380><c> left.</c>

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It<00:18:22.440><c> can</c><00:18:22.680><c> still</c><00:18:22.880><c> be</c><00:18:23.339><c> rearranged.</c>

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If<00:18:25.160><c> we</c><00:18:25.380><c> could</c><00:18:25.539><c> just</c><00:18:27.339><c> slow</c><00:18:27.660><c> down</c><00:18:28.079><c> enough</c>

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to<00:18:29.059><c> consider</c><00:18:29.539><c> what</c><00:18:29.839><c> is</c><00:18:30.519><c> real,</c><00:18:31.440><c> true</c><00:18:31.579><c> and</c><00:18:31.839><c> real,</c>

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and<00:18:33.140><c> always</c><00:18:33.420><c> try</c><00:18:33.599><c> to</c><00:18:33.900><c> understand</c><00:18:34.640><c> the</c><00:18:35.140><c> way</c><00:18:35.279><c> that</c><00:18:35.500><c> other</c><00:18:35.680><c> people</c><00:18:36.019><c> feel.</c>

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And<00:18:37.880><c> be</c><00:18:38.000><c> less</c><00:18:38.299><c> quick</c><00:18:38.440><c> to</c><00:18:38.720><c> anger</c><00:18:39.140><c> and</c><00:18:39.519><c> show</c><00:18:39.720><c> appreciation</c><00:18:40.480><c> more.</c>

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And<00:18:41.920><c> love</c><00:18:42.079><c> the</c><00:18:42.259><c> people</c><00:18:42.500><c> in</c><00:18:42.700><c> our</c><00:18:42.920><c> lives</c><00:18:43.339><c> like</c><00:18:43.759><c> we've</c><00:18:44.039><c> never</c>

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loved<00:18:44.559><c> before.</c>

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If<00:18:47.579><c> we</c><00:18:47.880><c> treat</c><00:18:48.059><c> others</c><00:18:48.420><c> with</c><00:18:48.720><c> respect</c><00:18:49.500><c> and</c><00:18:50.039><c> more</c><00:18:50.619><c> often</c><00:18:50.940><c> more</c><00:18:51.240><c> smile,</c>

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remembering<00:18:53.140><c> that</c><00:18:53.759><c> this</c><00:18:54.000><c> special</c><00:18:54.440><c> dash</c><00:18:55.039><c> might</c><00:18:55.900><c> only</c><00:18:56.160><c> last</c><00:18:56.480><c> a</c><00:18:56.740><c> while.</c>

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So<00:18:58.619><c> when</c><00:18:58.839><c> your</c><00:18:59.099><c> eulogy</c><00:18:59.420><c> is</c><00:18:59.599><c> being</c><00:18:59.940><c> read</c><00:19:00.420><c> with</c><00:19:01.180><c> your</c><00:19:01.420><c> life</c><00:19:01.779><c> actions</c>

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rehashed,<00:19:04.039><c> would</c><00:19:04.119><c> you</c><00:19:04.240><c> be</c><00:19:04.500><c> proud</c><00:19:04.720><c> of</c><00:19:04.900><c> the</c><00:19:05.039><c> things</c>

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they<00:19:05.640><c> said</c><00:19:06.119><c> about</c><00:19:06.980><c> how</c><00:19:07.259><c> you</c><00:19:07.559><c> spent</c><00:19:07.960><c> your</c><00:19:08.539><c> dash?</c>

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Now<00:19:11.019><c> this</c><00:19:11.160><c> morning</c><00:19:11.339><c> I've</c><00:19:11.579><c> tried</c><00:19:11.700><c> to</c><00:19:11.960><c> show</c><00:19:12.099><c> you</c><00:19:12.220><c> that</c><00:19:12.380><c> our</c><00:19:12.660><c> time</c><00:19:12.839><c> is</c>

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definitely<00:19:13.420><c> numbered.</c>

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You<00:19:14.559><c> can</c><00:19:14.819><c> count</c><00:19:15.039><c> it</c><00:19:15.279><c> if</c><00:19:15.319><c> you</c><00:19:15.559><c> want</c><00:19:15.799><c> to.</c>

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You<00:19:16.640><c> can</c><00:19:16.859><c> get</c><00:19:17.099><c> your</c><00:19:17.299><c> own</c><00:19:17.519><c> jar</c><00:19:17.740><c> of</c><00:19:17.880><c> marbles</c><00:19:18.240><c> if</c><00:19:18.420><c> you'd</c><00:19:18.720><c> like.</c>

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But<00:19:20.640><c> it</c><00:19:20.779><c> just</c><00:19:21.000><c> shows</c><00:19:21.240><c> that</c><00:19:21.420><c> it</c><00:19:21.579><c> is</c><00:19:21.799><c> running</c><00:19:21.940><c> out</c>

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and<00:19:22.359><c> it's</c><00:19:22.539><c> how</c><00:19:22.680><c> we</c><00:19:22.859><c> spend</c><00:19:23.180><c> it,</c><00:19:23.299><c> what</c><00:19:23.420><c> we</c><00:19:23.599><c> do</c><00:19:23.759><c> with</c><00:19:24.000><c> it.</c>

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You<00:19:25.079><c> will</c><00:19:25.299><c> be</c><00:19:25.500><c> judged</c><00:19:25.720><c> accordingly.</c>

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Keep<00:19:26.960><c> that</c><00:19:27.200><c> in</c><00:19:27.380><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:19:28.480><c> just</c><00:19:28.700><c> remember</c><00:19:29.059><c> this.</c>

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We're<00:19:30.359><c> an</c><00:19:30.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

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We're<00:19:31.920><c> a</c><00:19:32.119><c> family.</c>

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Maybe<00:19:34.099><c> dysfunctional</c><00:19:34.579><c> sometimes,</c><00:19:35.160><c> but</c><00:19:35.420><c> that's</c><00:19:35.779><c> OK.</c>

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It's<00:19:36.359><c> a</c><00:19:36.539><c> family.</c>

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And<00:19:37.660><c> just</c><00:19:37.920><c> like</c><00:19:38.019><c> we</c><00:19:38.240><c> talked</c><00:19:38.440><c> about</c><00:19:38.640><c> this</c><00:19:38.920><c> morning,</c>

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great<00:19:40.240><c> examples</c><00:19:40.759><c> of</c><00:19:41.099><c> seeing</c><00:19:41.539><c> people</c><00:19:41.859><c> we</c>

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haven't<00:19:42.259><c> seen</c><00:19:42.460><c> in</c><00:19:42.660><c> a</c><00:19:42.759><c> while,</c><00:19:43.119><c> bumping</c><00:19:43.380><c> into</c><00:19:43.519><c> people</c><00:19:43.700><c> at</c><00:19:43.859><c> an</c><00:19:44.019><c> airport.</c>

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That<00:19:44.519><c> shows</c><00:19:44.680><c> what</c><00:19:44.839><c> it's</c><00:19:44.940><c> all</c><00:19:45.140><c> about.</c>

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Just<00:19:45.859><c> the</c><00:19:46.019><c> fact</c><00:19:46.140><c> that</c><00:19:46.279><c> I'm</c><00:19:46.420><c> down</c><00:19:46.640><c> here</c><00:19:46.900><c> visiting</c><00:19:47.500><c> just</c><00:19:48.319><c> makes</c>

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it<00:19:48.700><c> fun.</c>

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And<00:19:49.279><c> that's</c><00:19:49.380><c> what</c><00:19:49.480><c> it's</c><00:19:49.680><c> all</c><00:19:49.859><c> about.</c>

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Think<00:19:51.099><c> about</c><00:19:51.359><c> that</c><00:19:51.599><c> as</c><00:19:51.740><c> we</c><00:19:51.880><c> go</c><00:19:52.119><c> through</c><00:19:52.359><c> things.</c>

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Think<00:19:53.000><c> about</c><00:19:54.099><c> everything</c><00:19:55.140><c> that's</c><00:19:55.420><c> going</c><00:19:55.519><c> to</c><00:19:55.700><c> come.</c>

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So<00:19:57.000><c> now</c><00:19:57.220><c> just</c><00:19:57.460><c> take</c><00:19:57.640><c> some</c><00:19:57.880><c> time</c><00:19:58.119><c> and</c><00:19:58.339><c> enjoy</c>

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using<00:19:58.920><c> your</c><00:19:59.160><c> marbles</c><00:19:59.400><c> up</c><00:19:59.599><c> as</c><00:19:59.859><c> well.</c>

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Thank<00:20:00.799><c> you.</c>