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see</c><00:42:39.469><c> ourselves</c><00:42:40.030><c> as</c><00:42:40.489><c> feeding</c><00:42:40.949><c> the</c><00:42:41.610><c> sheep?</c> 00:42:42.590 --> 00:42:43.929 You<00:42:42.690><c> know</c><00:42:42.690><c> one</c><00:42:42.769><c> of</c><00:42:42.869><c> the</c><00:42:42.889><c> things</c><00:42:43.190><c> that</c><00:42:43.469><c> I've</c> 00:42:43.929 --> 00:42:48.570 enjoyed<00:42:44.610><c> coming</c><00:42:45.050><c> to</c><00:42:45.269><c> America</c><00:42:45.750><c> for</c><00:42:46.530><c> is</c><00:42:46.809><c> going</c><00:42:47.050><c> to</c><00:42:47.329><c> Sea</c><00:42:47.570><c> World.</c> 00:42:49.429 --> 00:42:50.389 I<00:42:49.449><c> think</c><00:42:49.610><c> there's</c><00:42:49.730><c> one</c><00:42:49.909><c> in</c><00:42:49.989><c> Florida</c> 00:42:50.389 --> 00:42:55.150 isn't<00:42:50.590><c> there?</c><00:42:50.929><c> I've</c><00:42:51.289><c> been</c><00:42:51.429><c> to</c><00:42:51.570><c> the</c><00:42:51.670><c> 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