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" I get by with a little help from my friends. "

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" So this is America. They must be out of their minds. "

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" I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great. "

" Everything government touches turns to crap. "

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