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saying,<00:15:41.360><c> watch</c><00:15:41.659><c> out.</c><00:15:43.539><c> This</c><00:15:43.879><c> is</c>

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sin<00:15:44.799><c> of</c><00:15:45.179><c> the</c><00:15:45.500><c> eye.</c><00:15:46.940><c> It</c><00:15:47.259><c> darkens</c><00:15:47.919><c> your</c><00:15:48.399><c> eye.</c><00:15:49.740><c> You</c><00:15:49.799><c> see,</c><00:15:50.580><c> materialism</c><00:15:51.139><c> can</c><00:15:52.080><c> keep</c><00:15:52.519><c> us</c>

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to<00:16:13.460><c> say,</c><00:16:13.860><c> let's</c><00:16:14.059><c> stop</c><00:16:14.440><c> the</c><00:16:14.740><c> world.</c>

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college<00:16:19.460><c> professors</c><00:16:20.159><c> that</c><00:16:20.500><c> have</c><00:16:20.840><c> sabbaticals</c>

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about<00:16:41.059><c> greed</c><00:16:41.519><c> and</c><00:16:41.720><c> the</c><00:16:42.080><c> challenges</c><00:16:42.659><c> that</c><00:16:43.059><c> the</c>

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think<00:16:49.080><c> that</c><00:16:49.320><c> we</c><00:16:49.559><c> face</c>

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expensive<00:17:07.299><c> clothes.</c>

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kids<00:17:12.359><c> to</c><00:17:12.619><c> better</c><00:17:12.859><c> schools</c><00:17:13.420><c> or</c><00:17:13.900><c> using</c><00:17:14.220><c> the</c>

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entertainment<00:17:42.539><c> and</c><00:17:42.880><c> electronics</c><00:17:43.619><c> or</c><00:17:44.599><c> anything</c><00:17:44.960><c> else</c><00:17:45.299><c> because</c><00:17:45.900><c> we</c><00:17:46.460><c> think</c><00:17:46.680><c> that</c><00:17:47.839><c> there</c><00:17:48.480><c> are</c>

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always<00:17:49.240><c> people</c>

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who<00:17:50.039><c> spend</c><00:17:50.359><c> much</c><00:17:50.859><c> more</c><00:17:51.359><c> than</c><00:17:51.539><c> I</c><00:17:51.880><c> do.</c><00:17:53.839><c> And</c><00:17:54.079><c> compared</c><00:17:54.319><c> to</c><00:17:54.599><c> them,</c>

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Surely<00:17:58.579><c> I'm</c><00:17:59.460><c> not</c><00:17:59.900><c> materialistic.</c><00:18:01.779><c> Surely</c><00:18:02.039><c> I'm</c><00:18:02.420><c> not</c><00:18:02.759><c> greedy.</c>

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in<00:18:16.859><c> this</c><00:18:17.240><c> place</c><00:18:17.599><c> among</c><00:18:17.960><c> the</c>

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richest<00:18:18.740><c> countries</c><00:18:19.240><c> in</c><00:18:19.480><c> the</c><00:18:19.680><c> world.</c><00:18:21.559><c> And</c><00:18:22.059><c> we</c><00:18:23.119><c> don't</c><00:18:23.400><c> think</c>

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about<00:18:24.240><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> possibility</c><00:18:25.519><c> even</c>

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that<00:18:27.180><c> we</c><00:18:27.380><c> could</c><00:18:27.539><c> be</c><00:18:27.819><c> greedy.</c><00:18:29.720><c> And</c><00:18:30.000><c> I</c><00:18:30.099><c> think</c><00:18:30.220><c> that</c><00:18:30.519><c> shows</c><00:18:30.980><c> the</c>

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subtlety<00:18:32.839><c> and</c><00:18:33.319><c> the</c><00:18:33.660><c> power</c><00:18:34.180><c> of</c><00:18:34.700><c> greed.</c>

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