And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you.

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And I just want to tell you, as I watched you during the State of the Union, listened to you, what you are doing now is really important to the folks that I represent, because you're showing that fighting spirit no matter what the adversity is, and you're coming up with specific proposals.

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Mr. MARTIN TRIMBLE (Lead Singer, 22-20s): You know, I never listened to Zeppelin.

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You know, I'd listened to him.

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But months later, after the letter arrived and I traced its arc and came to land with a soft thud in an enchanted forest, and after I had listened to all the stories contained in this book and written them down for you, that one story came back to me.

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Well, you know, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Sam Cooke fan and listened to him a lot coming up, and he was an early influence.

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