Feb. 22, 2021

Abe Lincoln Never Gave Up & Was "Enough" - And You Are Too!

Abe Lincoln Never Gave Up & Was "Enough" - And You Are Too!

We all have heard of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Right? But did you know that good ol' Abe had plenty of challenges and defeats in his life? It's true. By all accounts, he should have given up and had every right to. No one really believed in...

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We all have heard of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Right? But did you know that good ol' Abe had plenty of challenges and defeats in his life? It's true. By all accounts, he should have given up and had every right to. No one really believed in him it seems. In this episode, there is a lesson to be learned from this man that had a great deal of tenacity. By declaring a few words or an affirmation as much as possible during your day, and by taking action and steps on the goals you want, you too can achieve anything you want just as Abraham Lincoln did. This is something that I do and so many people do that can move you ahead and help you feel that you are enough. Also, there's a little diddy of my own that tells about my "Never give up" and I am "Enough" accomplishments. Thank you for listening. I hope you enjoy it! Links for this episode: Abe Lincoln on history.com - https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln National Geographic Kids Edition - https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/abraham-lincoln Abraham Lincoln on biography.com - https://www.biography.com/us-president/abraham-lincoln This technique and all the topics I talk about take tenacity and a desire to see yourself living your best life right now and that is exactly what will make great things happen. Whatever you do, don't give up and always believe that the impossible is not impossible. It is only your thinking that makes it so. To have a more productive life in this ever-changing world listen to this episode. Get your dreams, desires, and results that you want. It's easy once you have the 411. *And no matter what, always remember what I've always said about this world, "Everything has to do with Everything." The simplest innocuous activity you do will affect another person, and maybe that other person is across the street, in another city, on the other side of the globe, OR not even born yet. The implications of your actions weigh heavy on you. At the beginning of this year, 2021, I challenged myself using the great number seven. Do your very own seven-day challenge. The number seven is great for attracting things to you! Involve the number seven as much as you can because the number seven invokes that great law of the universe, The Law of Attraction. 1. Think of seven actions you can take and do that action for seven minutes/days/weeks. The more you involve the number seven the better it gets. 2. Make an affirmation whether it be a word or a sentence that's positive and write that affirmation seven times a day for seven days. 3. Sit quietly for seven minutes (set your timer) and think of what you want and/or how you see yourself in this world receiving what you want, pretending that you already have it. Make sure it's a good thing. Do this for seven days. 4. Do a creative and exciting action that is going to move you closer to your goal. For me, I want to be a successful podcaster in my genre so I will do an episode every day for seven days. 5. Make it fun and not a chore. The Number 7 - Gail Minogue (YouTube Video) - https://youtu.be/icS6nrl1zII SUBSCRIBE TO GROWING UNCOMFORTABLE - It's FREE, FREE, FREE! Get my book! Southpaw - A Tale About A Girl’s Imagination - Much thanks and appreciation! https://amzn.to/33Z9lkq Go to the website to listen to past episodes, get to my social media links, and read a bio on me...IF you are wondering what I'm all about:

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This is Growing Uncomfortable, the podcast that explores techniques that

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will improve your life. Growing Uncomfortable with Stephanie Lee starts

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right now. Now, Hello, this is Stephanie and this is

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Growing Uncomfortable. Hey, you know what, I am growing uncomfortable

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every day and every way, and I want that for

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you too. Get out of that comfortable situation that you

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hate and get a little uncomfortable, grow a little uncomfortable

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so that you can get the results you want. And

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that is what I want for you. If you are

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a new listener here at Growing Uncomfortable, I want to

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welcome you and thank you so much for tuning in.

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It means the world to me. I hope that you

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enjoy this podcast and this episode. So now everybody, sit back, relax, listen,

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and enjoy this episode on not giving up and being enough. Hey,

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let me ask you. Do you feel disappointed, frustrated, or

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defeated by the way things are right now in the

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United States, in your job, with your children, or with

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life in general. And do you at times ever feel

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like giving up or feel like saying that's enough, I

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give up. Well, I have a little story about me

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that happened that's kind of like that you see. Back

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in twenty eleven, I was in a terrible spot. I

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had a terrible shoulder injury and couldn't do anything without

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being in pain. That included working out, that included walking around,

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It included doing work, doing all kinds of things. One day,

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I remember walking from the CBS pharmacy to my car

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and I was in extreme pain. I shouted at the

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top of my lungs, I give up, and I meant it.

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My life as I knew it was over and I

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had had enough for the next year. I retreated to

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an armchair that was in the living room, where I

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sat for the most part of every day. At the time,

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I never thought about pushing through the pain, or trying

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to make it better, or getting help. I only knew.

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I woke up in pain, couldn't do anything all day,

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and went to bed in pain. Finally, after many months

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in agony, the horrible situation wasn't getting better, so the

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solution was actually surgery. There was a doctor, believe it

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or not, three doors down from where I lived, and

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he saved my life. He gave me a new life.

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After that surgery, I wrote a book, I got a

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speaking gig. I on my way out of a terrible relationship,

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and I started to travel to podcast conferences and to

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self development conferences all over. I began to see myself

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as more than enough and I was never again going

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to give up. So now you're going to hear one

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of the greatest stories of perseverance in overcoming defeat in

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American history. This story, I'm going to tell you will

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not only bring you hope and inspiration, but also the

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courage to keep going in the face of difficulties. There

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is a saying it's always darkest before the dawn. This

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quote is by Thomas Fuller, and it means that whatever

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that is always seems the worst right before it improves.

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We all will have a joyful life when we overcome

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difficulties and hard times where we all feel like calling

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it quits and giving up. Do you know who it

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was in American history who never gave up? Abraham Lincoln.

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Americans have President Abraham Lincoln to thank for never giving up.

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He is not just anything. He is not just the

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sixteenth President of the United States. He is not just

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a statue in Washington, d c. He is not just

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a politician. He served our country as best as he

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knew how And that is the key. Even though he

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had been defeated time and time again, he had the

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tenacity to keep coming back because he believed that he

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could make a difference in the country. He would not

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accept being just enough, and he never gave up. Let

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me tell you a bit more about good old Abraham Lincoln. Well,

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Abraham Lincoln lost eight elections before becoming the sixteenth President

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of the United States. Did you know that? Oh? It's

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so true. But here are only a few of Lincoln's

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most notable defeats. Well. In eighteen thirty two, he ran

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for a seat in the Illinois State Legislature and lost,

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but two years later he won and was re elected

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three times. In eighteen thirty eight, he aspired to become

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Speaker of the state legislature and lost. In eighteen forty

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he sought to become an elector in the Electoral College

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and lost. In eighteen forty three, he ran for the

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House of Representatives and lost, but when he ran again

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in eighteen forty six, he won. In eighteen fifty four,

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he ran for the US Senate and lost. In eighteen

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fifty six, he sought the vice presidential nomination for his

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party at the National Convention and got fewer than one

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hundred votes. In eighteen fifty eight, he ran for the U. S.

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Senate again and lost again. Finally, finally, he ran for

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president in eighteen sixty and he won, and the rest

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is history. Well. President Lincoln was a private citizen, not

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a career politician, but he had something within him, a spark,

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a tenacious attitude to keep going, never giving up, even

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though plenty of friends, colleagues, and pundits said he should.

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Abraham Lincoln kept loyal to his ideals, his beliefs, and

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his vision for America. What if he had stopped after

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his first defeat, and what if you stop after your

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first defeat? What if he had said, Okay, that was interesting,

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but I give up. I've had an enough. You know what.

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Lincoln believed in himself, and you must believe in yourself.

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Lincoln never accepted giving up or being note enough, and

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neither will we. You and I. Lincoln, like most of us, inventors,

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the entrepreneurs, the self employed, the uneducated, the still married

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but wanting a divorce, the person that is re entering

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the job market, et cetera, et cetera, whatever you consider

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your lot in life to be will no longer accept

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the concept of having an unattainable dream, desire, or result.

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We will no longer have the attitude of giving up

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tenacity and the drive to make it through what is

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called the quote unquote terror barrier is our new way.

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But what is the terror barrier? This might be a

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new concept for some of you, but believe me, it's

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as old as a blinkin and I do believe it's

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older than Abe Lincoln. It is your willingness to move

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ahead with your actions, and so you do, despite the

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inner voice that screams you're not enough, You don't deserve

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this give up. But the only problem is that you

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get to a certain point where, because you are trying

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new things and getting out of your comfortable situation that

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you don't like, you get terrified. Thus the name terror barrier.

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And what happens when you reach that terror barrier You

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fall completely back into your comfortable situation that you hate,

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and you are terrified to move ahead. We, you and

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me and everybody else that's listening here cannot and must

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not be afraid. We, like good old Abe Lincoln, I

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just gave you the story. Must move on up that

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hill through the terror barrier if we are to get

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to our results. That's the truth. He had a terror

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barrier as well. He could have given up, that is

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the big takeaway, but he didn't. He had a presidency

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with a lot of success. You must, like a Blincoln,

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know that there is nothing that is impossible. That's my

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motto and I use it when I run into a

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terror barrier. Believe you are smart enough, resourceful enough, powerful enough,

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likable enough, hard working enough, capable enough, worthy enough, You

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are enough. An affirmation along the lines of I am

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enough or I am blank enough, like I am strong

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enough is a great idea. After all I have always said,

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and I have witnessed with others and experienced it for myself.

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Affirmations otherwise known as repetitions or auto suggestion, is a

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powerful tool to get you past that dreaded terror barrier.

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But it does take not giving into that terror barrier

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and saying yes, I am enough. And it is an

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uphill battle, but with the smallest amount of effort, like

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an affirmation, you will eventually see the results you want. So,

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like Abe Lincoln, you must really want it. And here's

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the caveat Are you ready for it? Are you sitting

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down It might not happen right away, but guess what,

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continue on because now you know that you will not

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give up and that you are enough. So don't give

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up because you are still fast enough, you are determined enough,

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you are persistent enough, you are relentless enough to get

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everything you want, any result you want. Be like many,

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many people all over the world who proclaimed consciously that

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they are not giving up and that they and you

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and me are indeed enough. If you enjoyed this episode

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in the show notes if you would like to follow

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up on anything that I'm talking about here on this episode. Hey,

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you know what, I got to get out of here,

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but I will see you next time. I'm growing uncomfortable, Okay,

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bye bye,