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John?
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People always talk about fate.
I never used to believe in all that.
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I'd always hoped we were masters
of our own destiny.
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And my destiny had become a bet
on a horse named M'Lady.
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That, believe it or not,
was a 30-to- 1 shot.
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I had tried a lot of ways
to get the money...
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...and all it ever got me was punched,
shot at and arrested.
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- And they're off!
- So here I was...
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...pinning Noreen's hopes
for education on an animal that...
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...couldn't win if it was
shot out of a cannon.
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And trailing is number 5, M'Lady.
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Making his move from behind,
the long shot, number 5, M'Lady.
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But for some reason, that day...
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...my horse ran the race of his life.
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As we enter the stretch, number 4,
Dance in the Dark, is fading.
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It's a two-horse race.
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So was that fate? I don't know.
But I do know this:
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If you show up, do your best and
spoon with the occasional judge...
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...you don't have to believe
in fate.
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- And it's M'Lady by a nose!
- Because fate will believe in you.
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Things worked out.
Elaine and I got married.
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Noreen couldn't be there.
She was at college.
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So Patty was the maid of honor.
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And there on the steps
of our charming starter home...
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...surrounded by our special friends...
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...it felt like we were finally
starting to live our dream.
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The only thing I didn't figure out
was how Duff got that $1000.
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Well, well. What have we here?