Pretty Persuasion
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So, rule of thumb:
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Any time you have a sentence
consisting of two clauses...

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the second being introduced
by a conjunction or by a relative...

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And finally, you know, Randa,
no offense or anything...

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but my very last choice would be an Arab.
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Truth be told,
you're not in a very enviable position.

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There's a lot of resentment in this country
towards the Middle East...

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a lot of stereotypes floating around,
which I don't really think are true...

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because in the short time I've known you,
you haven't tried to bomb anybody...

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and you currently smell okay to me.
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But people will laugh at you...
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and probably make fun of that thing
you wear on your head.

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- This is my hijab. I must not remove it.
- I know that.

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But people are ignorant.
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To give you an example,
there's this joke going around.

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- How does an Arab get his wife pregnant?
- I do not know.

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She gets naked and lies down on the bed.
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He jerks off on the wall,
and they let the flies do the rest.

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Don't laugh. It's insulting to your people.
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Miss Joyce?
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Thank you.
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Article or a preposition which pertains
to every member of a series...

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must either be used
only before the first term of the series...

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or before each and every term.
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I had a half-brother named Sean,
who died in "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

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He was from my dad's first marriage...
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and I'm a product of his second.
He's now in his third.

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Anyway, they told my dad
that Sean died from friendly fire...

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and he refused to believe them.
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He said that Iraqis are the ones
who killed him.

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I made the point of saying,
"Why would our own government lie...

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"and say he was killed by friendly fire...
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"if Iraqis were the ones who killed him?"
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- He said I was too young to understand...
- Miss Joyce.

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There should be exactly one conversation
going on in this classroom, and that's me...

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talking.

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