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[Applause] It's funny. You say you say

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It's funny. You say you say
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My question for you is there's so many

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creatures on Supernatural. If they were

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all real, which one would be the worst

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to run into, do you think? The worst

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wish the worst creature monster uh

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person.

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Let's not go with the obvious answer.

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Let's think

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deeper. Listen, guys. Guys, fine. It's

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Mark Shepard. That's the

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[Applause] Shakespeare poison tacos

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tacos
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as candy. delicious

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candy. Don't do that. Don't do that.

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I'll see your delicious candy and I'll

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raise him though.

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Thank you very much.

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Hi. I didn't bring my steps this time,

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so I thought you'd steal it from me and

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Jared. Fair enough. I did want to ask

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the two of you. Uh, so in comparison to

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when you started on Supernatural, how

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would you say these years plus the other

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projects you've done have influenced or

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changed your current self as an actor?

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Say it one more time. Yes. Sorry. Hang

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on. Serious question. Sorry. So, in

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comparison to when you started on

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Supernatural, how would you say that uh

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the years you've been on the show, plus

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projects you've done in between have

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influenced yourself as an actor?

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time that we've been on the show, um it

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it undoubtedly has changed our lives. um

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not just as a uh professional but as an

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individual. Um you know we are not

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completely but we are very different

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people than we were when we started on

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the show 12 years ago. Um that being

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said we've we've grown both in our

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personal lives and we've grown both as

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uh as actors and as performers. Um and I

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think that it's uh you know we're always

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learning. Um I think one of the great

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things or one of the compliments that I

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will give him that I try to emulate in

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my life as well is that uh um we always

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try to stay available for new for for

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those nuances that that reveal

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themselves if if you allow them to um

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within a scene. And so with that comes

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knowledge. And and you know I I always

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say to people who are interested in

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becoming an actor, I always say get a

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either if you have the opportunity to

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get on a set, be a

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sponge. Absorb as much knowledge and

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take in as much of of that industry and

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of that craft that you possibly can

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because you know if if if you're not uh

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if you're not letting yourself do that,

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then you're not learning. And I think

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that he and I both have continued to

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learn throughout the years and it's

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certainly made us better at what we do

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on screen. And I also think it's made us

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better at what we do off

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screen. I have learned uh a I agree with

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few things. I've learned to

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um love the gray. And that sounds

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strange, but I think when I and I think

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it's this true with a lot of kids. Um,

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lesson, often times you have to think of

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things in black and white. Proverbially,

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black and white. You know, this is

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wrong, this is right, this is good, this

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is bad. Um, I've been blessed enough,

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would have learned it no matter where I

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where I am, I met a lot of people who,

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found out somebody had done something or

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thought something or voted for something

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or voted against something, I'd be like,

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oh well, they're probably or

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something and then I met like, my god,

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they're not at all. They're

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just we're not the exact same person. No

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one in this room is the exact same

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person. Um, and I'm grateful that I got

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to learn that amongst friends who

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forgave me. Uh, and the second thing

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attribute to being forced not being

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forced. I really do attribute to having

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a responsibility to

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do 184 days of work a year on set. if

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you're tired, if you are sick, if you

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have pneumonia or the flu or a broken

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wrist. I mean, I shot like three weeks

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with a broken hand before I could get

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surgery cuz we couldn't ride it in for a

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couple episodes. Um, I've learned

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that you're a lot stronger than you

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think you are. Um, and I try to tell

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that to people who meet me and go like,

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"Thank you. You helped me do this." I

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just look at them frankly and say like,

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strength." like thank you for thanking

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me but it wasn't me. Um that was your

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strength. You found that somehow or

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fighting then you'll # figure out what

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you're fighting for someday. Thank

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you. Um, so clearly nobody in this room

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ever wants Supernatural to end. Does

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anybody want Supernatural to end?

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[Applause] Everyone, does

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anybody know right

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there? Stand up. Come

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on. No, no, no. I'm sitting down.

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One reason. One second. One reason. You

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can spend more time with your children.

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Jimmy, get

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out. Talk about this. night at the time

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place. You said you were staying home

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J. She said, "I want to show it again

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for one reason. So you can spend time

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with your

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kids. Trump

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car." Um, what are we talking about?

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Hi. So, I definitely don't want to end.

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But my question is once that terrible

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terrible day does come, what kind of

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If if stay safe with if

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what kind of projects or roles would you

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guys like to work on? Retirement. Okay.

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husband and son and brother.

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[Applause] and then back.

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and then back.
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pillow and

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um think of great things to say put me

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to sleep, I don't think of a movie

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career or another TV show. I I think of

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being another I think of going back and

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and just being a dude from Texas. Uh so

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lot of me after the show ends. It's

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going to be rejoice. It's going to be

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awesome. I'm not going to be gone, but

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I'm going to be happy. And [Applause]

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hello. Hi. Thanks for being in Dallas.

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We really love you here. Jensen,

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we know you like directing. If you could

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work on any kind of directing project,

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what would your passion project be? If

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you had a directing project, movie or

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TV, what would you really want to do?

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probably goes in line with the same

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other projects uh would you want to be

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um character, whether those are things

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something that I feel passionate about

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telling, whether that character is

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something I feel passionate about uh

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playing. Um but I would almost say more

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importantly, the people that are

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involved with that project. That's

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really important to me. I think that

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that um it's been a testament to the to

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the success of this show

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uh because of wood because of the people

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that are not only writing in it, not

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performing in it, not only directing it,

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passionate about something. Um I really

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environment that is uh that is healthy

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respect and that respect me. You know, I

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working environment like that. Um and if

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I can find that and then the the the

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story of characters is great. Um,

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especially if I'm directing, um, I think

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surrounding yourself with the right team

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is crucial. There are great directors

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that have made really crappy films. Um,

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and it may not have been their fault.

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story in mind right now that I'm dying

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to

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direct. That's not true. I had to, but

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I'm not going to share them because I

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don't want to, you know, I'm not a

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superstitious guy, but there are some

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things that I tend to lean towards that.

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enjoy working with people that um that

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respect what they do and also respect

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what I do. And luckily, I'm in a place

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that does exactly that. So,

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hey y'all. Hey, how y'all? Um, I'm from

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Texas. It's a little town up

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north. And I was just wondering since
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born and raised in Texas, too. What do

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go around?

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Water.

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I take uh I take my Texas license, my

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Texas phone number.

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my Texas values, I guess.

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yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. And
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everywhere, but I I I think I was raised

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in such a way and surrounded by people

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that really stress the importance

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really stress the importance
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best, breathing oxygen. No one's better

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than anybody else. No one's bigger than

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strong. It's all we're all just here,

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you know, we all have our struggles. We

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all have our strengths. Um, and so when

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doesn't exist there, one of the

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wonderful things is when I bring my my

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values to a place like that, I get to

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meet a lot of other people who share the

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same values. Um, so so that's what I try

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to take with me. It's intangible, but um

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that's who I try to be. Um I agree. I

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think values is certainly um something

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that I know both of our parents really

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um uh really did well in instilling in

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in us. Uh you know, one of the main

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things that comes to mind is

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inclusion. Um I don't like to exclude

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people. Uh I don't think anybody likes

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to to be excluded. And I always try to,

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you know, my mother is a is a poster

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child for inclusion. Uh she'll never

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turn anybody away. Unfortunately, that's

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now transitioned to cats.

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that. But you know, I think that's you

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you treat people the way you want to be

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treated. Um, and I think that that's

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just a valuable uh lesson that everybody

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needs to to really understand. And and

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uh so I think that there there are

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certain values that I I was raised um

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being a foundation of who I am. That's

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one of them. But certainly most of them

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I attribute to being born and raised in

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this part of the country.

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Not to say [Applause] [Applause]
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that. I just have to go learn it here.

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So, I'm proud of that. Thanks. Thanks.