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"If you do this, that will will happen. If you don't do this, that won't happen.
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Lee has been a lot of our offensive power.
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You are getting what you do deserve. You are not getting what you don't deserve.
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Tommy Lee Goes to College.
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Live, with Regis & Kathie Lee.
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Somebody else shot Mr. Lee.
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Tommy Lee Goes to College.
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If you are willing to learn, you can be taught. If you are unwilling to learn, you can't be taught.
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Wrecked on the lee shore of age.
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Lee Greenwood and Crystal Gayle sing Sunday.
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How can you be better than you are?
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