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Why was it worth this man here
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spending fifty million
of your American dollars

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on this portrait?
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The answer is...
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Well, this picture
is worth such a lot of money

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because...
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it's a picture...
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of Whistler's Mother.
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And, as I've learnt
by staying with my best friend,

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David Langley, and his family,
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families are very important.
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And even though Mr Whistler
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was perfectly aware
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that his mother
was a hideous old bat

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who looked like she had
a cactus up her backside...

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he stuck with her,
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and even took the time to paint
this amazing picture of her.

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It's not just a painting.
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It's a picture of a mad old cow
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who he thought the world of.
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And that's marvellous.
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That's what I think.
1:03:50
OK, let's seal it up.

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