This I believe: I am your fellow human being and, like you, I am so much more than a body.

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And I don't know about you, but I like these guys making these decisions more than the other folks. (Applause.) But that's just my unbiased opinion.

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The long answer is that, unfortunately for both you and I, I know more about tax and corporate law than you might like.

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His feelings for his parents also emerge in songs like "123 Goodbye, " which includes the line "I love you more in death than I ever could in life, " though Perkins prefers to sing about these thoughts rather than talk about them.

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The place has been packed, and those who've been attending these events for many more years than I, will tell you that they've never seen attendance like it.

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