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In The Next 15 Or 20 Years, I Hope I'll Be The Richest Man In The World. That's One Of My Goals. I Want To Be A Billionaire. I Want To Get To A Position Where Generation On Generation Don't Have To Worry About Nothing. I Don't Want Family Members From My Kids To My Son's Kids To Never Have To Worry. And I Can't Do That Now Just Playing Basketball.

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In The Next 15 Or 20 Years, I Hope I'll Be The Richest Man In The World. That's One Of My Goals. I Want To Be A Billionaire. I Want To Get To A Position Where Generation On Generation Don't Have To Worry About Nothing. I Don't Want Family Members From My Kids To My Son's Kids To Never Have To Worry. And I Can't Do That Now Just Playing Basketball.

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We Ran Out Of Talent Tonight. The Guys Played As Hard As They Could, As Long As We Could.

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I'm Just Blessed That I Was Able To Have Guys Around Me That Had Some Of The Same Goals. The Man Above Gave Me A Gift And He Gave Me Friends And A Mentor That Can Help Me Reach My Goal And Reach My Potential. And We All Had The Same Goal, So It Wasn't Hard For Us To Get, You Know, Off Track Because We All Wanted The Same Thing.

But I Get A Thrill Out Of Bringing A Group Together And Helping Them Reach A Place They Didn’t Know They Could Go. I See Myself As A Mentor Now And I’m Excited To Lead Some Of These Talented Young Guys.

I'm Taking My Talents To South Beach.

When I Miss You, Sometimes I Listen To Music Or Look At Pictures Of You, Not To Remind Me Of You But To Make Me Feel As If I'm With You. It Makes Me Forget The Distance And Capture You.

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I've Always Been Skeptical Of People Who Say They Lose Themselves In A Part. Someone Once Came Up To Spencer Tracy And Asked, "aren't You Tired Of Always Playing Tracy?" Tracy Replied, "what Am I Supposed To Do, Play Bogart?" You Have To Develop A Style That Suits You And Pursue It, Not Just Develop A Bag Of Tricks.

It's A Humbling Experience For Me To Be In This Position.

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There Are Some Teams And Logos You See, No Matter Where You Are In The World, And You Know Exactly Who They Are And What They Mean.

You Know, Softball Is The Other Sport I Do Besides Basketball.

The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Was Losing Last Year In The Finals. I Had To Change.

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I've Sort Of Gotten Into The Habit Of Looking For The Vulnerable Guy, The Guy Who Makes Mistakes, The Guy Who Can't Figure Things Out All The Time But Keeps At It.

He Reminds Me Of Michael Jordan. "you Look And They Have Similar Games Where They Want To Lead Their Team To Victory, No Matter If They Have To Shoot The Ball Every Time Or If They Have To Rebound Or Pass, They're Going To Find A Way To Win." I've Always Said That Kobe Bryant Is The Best Scorer In Our Game Today And He's Definitely Proving Himself.

I Don't Need Too Much. Glamour And All That Stuff Don't Excite Me. I Am Just Glad I Have The Game Of Basketball In My Life.

I've Always Been A Leader. I've Always Kind Of Been The Tallest Person On The Team When I Was Younger But Always Kind Of The Smartest. I Was Ahead Of My Time. I Wasn't Always The Oldest, I Kind Of Was The Youngest On The Team, But, I Kind Of Knew What To Do At Times.

Before Anyone Ever Cared Where I Would Play Basketball, I Was A Kid From Northeast Ohio. It’s Where I Walked. It’s Where I Ran. It’s Where I Cried. It’s Where I Bled. It Holds A Special Place In My Heart.

I Assure You, You Will Never Survive On Your Wits Alone.

I Won At Every Level - All The Way Since I Started Playing The Game Of Basketball At Nine. I've Won At Every Level, Won Championships At Every Level. And, You Know, It Won't Be Fulfilled Until I Win At The Highest Level.

I've Got Extra Motivation That I Won't Talk About Right Now.

That's Crazy, Because I Had No Idea What The Word 'contraction' Meant Before I Saw It On The Internet.

I Can't Worry About What Other People Say.

No Place Is Better Than Akron.

As Loud As Fans Were , They Need To Go Home Now And Start Soaking Up A Lot Of Tea, Drinking A Lot Of Tea For The Next 36 Hours, Whatever The Case May Be, 'cause They Need To Be Just As Loud Thursday Night.

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In Fourth Grade, I Missed 82 Days Of School. Out Of 160.

Don't Think For One Min That I Haven't Been Taking Mental Notes Of Everyone Taking Shots At Me This Summer. And I Mean Everyone!

Once You Become A Professional Athlete Or Once You Do Anything Well, Then You're Automatically A Role Model ... I Have No Problem Being A Role Model. I Love It. I Have Kids Looking Up To Me And Hopefully I Inspire These Kids To Do Good Things.

Tonight We Had Our Chances But We Ran Out Of Talent.

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I Was So Used To Going Out And Winning State Championships And Playing In The Postseason.

A Lot Of Players Know How To Play The Game, But They Really Don't Know How To Play The Game, If You Know What I Mean. They Can Put The Ball In The Hoop, But I See Things Before They Even Happen. You Know How A Guy Can Make His Team So Much Better? That's One Thing I Learned From Watching Jordan.

I'm A Guy Who Tries To Be Successful In All That I Do, And When You Fall Short, It Hurts.

When I Was 5, Some Financial Things Happened, And I Moved Seven Times In A Year. We Moved From Apartment To Apartment, Sometimes Living With Friends. My Mom Would Always Say, 'don't Get Comfortable, Because We May Not Be Here Long.'

I'm Feeling Better After The Game Than I Did When I Came Off The Floor With Cramps. ... I Was Going To Try To Give It A Go, And 'spo Said 'no.' You Know, After I Came Out Of The Game, They Kind Of Took Off. And It Was Frustrating Sitting Out And Not Being Able To Help The Team.

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I've Been Watching Basketball For A Long Time, I'm A Historian Of The Game. I Don't Know Any Other Team That's Gotten To The Finals Without Two All-stars... I Cannot Remember Thinking Of It. I Don't Even Know If It's Ever Happened, For A Team To Lose Two All-stars And Still Be Able To Make It To The Finals.

We Have An Opportunity To Get Better.

They Jumped On Us. They Were The Aggressor. They Had Us On Our Heels From The Beginning.

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The Same Way You Slow Me Down: … You Can’t.

I'm Going To Use All My Tools, My God-given Ability, And Make The Best Life I Can With It.

There's That Moment Every Morning When You Look In The Mirror: Are You Committed, Or Are You Not?

I Was Supposed To Take The Ball Out. I Told Coach, 'there's No Way I'm Taking The Ball Out, Unless I Can Shoot It Over The Backboard And It Goes In. I Told Him, 'have Somebody Else Take The Ball Out, Give Me The Ball, And Everybody Get Out Of The Way.'

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You Can't Let Nobody Run Your Train.

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For If Any Be A Hearer Of The Word, And Not A Doer, He Is Like A Man Beholding His Natural Face In A Glass: For He Beholdeth Himself, And Goeth His Way, And Straightaway Forgetteth What Manner Of Man He Was.

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Yoga Isn't Just About The Body, It's Also About The Mind And It's A Technique That Has Really Helped Me.

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I’m Lebron James, From Akron, Ohio, From The Inner City. I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here. That’s Enough. Every Night I Walk Into The Locker Room, I See A No. 6 With James On The Back, I’m Blessed. So What Everybody Says About Me Off The Court, Don’t Matter. I Ain’t Got No Worries.

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Commitment Is A Big Part Of What I Am And What I Believe. How Committed Are You To Winning? How Committed Are You To Being A Good Friend?

It Would Be Easier If I Didn't Even Make The Playoffs, It Would Hurt Less. But Then I Start Thinking About How Much Fun It Is.

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With That Locker Room I Could Sleep There After Games.

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Everything Is Sore Right Now. Everything. I Look Like I'm Doing Okay But I Can't Wait To Get Home.

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We Played Well All The Way Until, Like, The Second Quarter.

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The Group Of Guys I Have... They Are Playing Off Straight Motivation.

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A Lot Of People Were Saying That I Was A Selfish Person And A Selfish Player. You Know, It Got To Me.

That's All Our Team Is About. If We Stop People, We're The Most Athletic Team In This Whole Tournament And We Can Get Out And Get Easy Buckets.

Once You Squeeze Toothpaste Out, You Can't Put It Back Into The Tube. The Same Is True With Our Words. Once We Say Something Hurtful, We Can't Take It Back

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I Always Believed That I’d Return To Cleveland And Finish My Career There.

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The Man Above Has Given Me Some Unbelievable Abilities To Play The Game Of Basketball. I Just Try To Take Advantage Of It Every Night. I Got The Trust Of My Teammates And My Coaching Staff To Go In There And Let It Go.

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James Also Revealed He And His Teammates Smoked Marijuana One Night After Getting Access To A Hotel Room In Akron.

To Be Honest, The Play That Was Drawn Up, I Scratched It. I Just Told Coach, 'give Me The Ball.' We're Either Going To Go To Overtime Or I'm Going To Win It For Us. It Was That Simple.

I Love Seeing My Teammates Succeed. That's What I Get More Excited About Than Anything

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Sometimes The Coaches Tell Me To Be Selfish, But My Game Won't Let Me Be Selfish.

It's Always A Struggle Growing Up In Akron.

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I Feel Confident Because I'm The Best Player In The World. It's That Simple.

I've Always Been An Unselfish Guy, And That's The Only Way I Know How To Play On The Court And I Try To Play To The Maximum Of My Ability - Not Only For Myself But For My Team-mates.

I Need Music. It's Like My Heartbeat, So To Speak. It Keeps Me Going No Matter What's Going On - Bad Games, Press, Whatever!

Crazy. Karma Is A B****. Gets You Every Time. Its Not Good To Wish Bad On Anybody. God Sees Everything!

I'm A Leader. I'm The Leader Of This Team, And They Look For Me At Any Point In The Game, And That's Not Just Scoring-wise, I Do Other Things.

You Have To Do What's Best For You And What's Going To Make You Happy At The End Of The Day, Because No One Can Live With The Consequences Or Anything That Comes With Your Decision Besides You.

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It's Hard For Me To Congratulate Somebody After You Just Lose To Them. I'm A Winner. It's Not Being A Poor Sport Or Anything Like That. If Somebody Beats You Up, You're Not Going To Congratulate Them. That Doesn't Make Sense To Me. I'm A Competitor.

I Took Hedo (turkoglu) In The First Game And Rashard (lewis) Hit The Winning Shot. I Took Rashard In The Second Game And Hedo Hit The Shot. If I Could Clone Myself, We'd Be All Right. But I Can't.

I Didn't Think We'd Get To This Point That We're At Now, But I Was Ready To Lead If We Got To This Point.

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I Don't Really Get Involved In It, The Whole Thing. I Understand How Important This City Is And What I Mean To This City And What Our Team Means To The City... But I Don't Get Caught Up Into It. I Just Go Out And Play My Game. I Try To Lead The Best Way I Can, And If I Can Put My Team And This Franchise In A Position To Win The Title, I'm Grateful For That.

Messi Is The Best Player In The World. If He's Not Already, He'll Be The Best Footballer Of All Time.

We Don't Want To Get Frustrated Because It Sticks In Your Mind Too Much. We Have To Work At It And See What We Did Wrong.

That Team Across The Way, You Tip Your Hat To Them. They Did A Great Job. It Showed In These Finals.

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I'm Under A Super Microscope. I've Got My Friends To Keep Me Cool. As Long As You've Got Friends, You've Got Nothing To Worry About.

My Dream Has Become A Reality Now, And It's The Best Feeling I've Ever Had.

All The People That Were Rooting On Me To Fail, At The End Of The Day, They Have To Wake Up Tomorrow And Have The Same Life That They Had Before They Woke Up Today. They Have The Same Personal Problems They Had Today. I'm Going To Continue To Live The Way I Want To Live And Continue To Do The Things That I Want To Do With Me And My Family And Be Happy With That. They Can Get A Few Days Or A Few Months Or Whatever The Case May Be On Being Happy About Not Only Myself, But The Miami Heat Not Accomplishing Their Goal. But They Have To Get Back To The Real World At Some Point.

Maybe The Ones Burning My Jersey Were Never Lebron Fans Anyway.

I Will Have No Problem Coming To Practice On Time. The Locker Room Is Great, But We Have To Prove Ourselves On The Court.

I've Given These Guys The Blueprint On How To Win A Premiership, Now I Just Have To Be Patient Until They're Ready.

Hollywood Dishes Out Too Much Praise For Small Things I Won't Let It Get Me, But Too Much Praise Can Turn A Fellow's Head If He Doesn't Watch His Step.

My Game Is Really Played Above Time. I Don't Say That Like I'm Saying I'm Ahead Of My Time. I'm Saying, Like, If I'm On The Court And I Throw A Pass, The Ball That I've Thrown Will Lead My Teammate Right Where He Needs To Go, Before He Even Knows That That's The Right Place To Go To.

Why Should I Care? I Have All The Money In The World.

As A Society How Do We Do Better And Stop Things Like This Happening Time After Time!! I’m So Sorry To These Families. Violence Is Not The Answer People. Retaliation Isn’t The Solution As Well.

I Spoil A Lot Of People With My Play.

The Best Option For Me To Do Was Not To Move. I Tried, And Any Little Nudge Or Step, It The Cramping Would Get Worse. It Was The Whole Left Leg ... Nearly The Whole Left Side. ... I Drank A Lot Of Fluids At Halftime. I Even Changed My Uniform.

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I Don't Know Any Other Other Team That Got To The Finals Without Two All Stars.

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A Lebron James Team Is Never Desperate.

Working With All Of These Kids Is Great. It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This, To Come Down And Inspire Kids Who Want To Play The Game Of Basketball And Put Smiles On Their Faces.

You Know, I'm Just 6'9" And 260. And Just So Happen To Be Very Good At Playing The Game Of Basketball.

I Never Wanted To Leave Cleveland. My Heart Will Always Be In That Area - In A Perfect World I Would Have Loved To Stay.

In This Fall - This Is Very Tough - In This Fall I'm Going To Take My Talents To South Beach And Join The Miami Heat.

I'm Ready To Accept The Challenge. I'm Coming Home.

I'm A Winner...i'm A Competitor. That's What I Do. It Doesn't Make Sense For Me To Go Over And Shake Somebody's Hand.

Volleyball, I Could Be Pretty Good. After A Few Practices I Could Be That Striker, Or Whatever They Call It.

I Don't Want To Be Called A Point Guard, But I Can't Stop It.

A Team Like Golden State, When They Get Into A Rhythm They Make Shots.

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I'm Not Promising A Championship. I Know How Hard That Is To Deliver. We're Not Ready Right Now.

Steph Is Scary. I've Never Seen Anyone Who Can Shoot The Ball Off The Dribble Like Him. He Got It Going In 4th. Every Game Is Different.

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I Told Myself If I Ever Made It To The Level I Want To Be At, I'm Gonna Give Back.

It's Not Just Straight-line Speed. He's Got The Agility And The Quickness To Go With It. His Vision On The Field Is Phenomenal. It Just Opens The Playbook So Much As A Coach That I'm Really Looking Forward To It.

The Letter From Dan Gilbert, The Booing Of The Cleveland Fans, The Jerseys Being Burned -- Seeing All That Was Hard For Them. My Emotions Were More Mixed. It Was Easy To Say, 'ok, I Don't Want To Deal With These People Ever Again.' But Then You Think About The Other Side. What If I Were A Kid Who Looked Up To An Athlete, And That Athlete Made Me Want To Do Better In My Own Life, And Then He Left? How Would I React? I've Met With Dan, Face-to-face, Man-to-man. We've Talked It Out. Everybody Makes Mistakes. I've Made Mistakes As Well. Who Am I To Hold A Grudge?

I Spoil A Lot Of People With My Play. If You Have Three Bad Games In A Seven-year Career, People Are Going To Point That Out.

But Now, Being A Parent, I Go Home And See My Son And I Forget About Any Mistake I Ever Made Or The Reason I'm Upset. I Get Home And My Son Is Smiling Or He Comes Running To Me. It Has Just Made Me Grow As An Individual And Grow As A Man.

Don't Be Afraid Of Failure. This Is The Way To Succeed.

Everywhere I've Been, I've Been The Best Player. I Love Being A Leader, And I Love Being The Best. I Just Want To Get Better. It's Not About Being Cocky Or Selfish Or Anything Like That. It's Just How I Am.

Warren Buffet Told Me Once And He Said Always Follow Your Gut. When You Have That Gut Feeling, You Have To Go With Don't Go Back On It.

There Is No Room For Donald Sterling In Our League - There Is No Room For Him.

I Have Short Goals - To Get Better Every Day, To Help My Teammates Every Day - But My Only Ultimate Goal Is To Win An Nba Championship. It's All That Matters. I Dream About It. I Dream About It All The Time, How It Would Look, How It Would Feel. It Would Be So Amazing.

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Be Doers Of The Word And Not Hearers Only, Deluding Yourselves.

Deceiving Others

Ask Me To Play. I'll Play. Ask Me To Shoot. I'll Shoot. Ask Me To Pass. I'll Pass. Ask Me To Steal, Block Out, Sacrifice, Lead, Dominate. Anything. But It's Not What You Ask Of Me. It's What I Ask Of Myself.

We Were Playing Every Game To Win, We Just Happened To Win 27 In A Row. Our Motto Was To Try And Go Out And Win Every Game, But There's Nothing Really To Talk About.

Maybe My Pain Was My Motivation.

I'm A Guy Who Is Just Trying To Be Successful In Whatever I Do, And I Give Everything To My Teammates, Give Everything To The Coaching Staff. When You Fall Short, It Hurts And It Eats At You, And It Hurts Me To Know That I Wish I Could Have Done Better And Done More And Just Put A Little Bit More Effort Or Whatever The Case May Be To Help Us Get Over The Hump. But It Just Wasn't Our Time.

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But I Mean, Even My Family Gets Spoiled At Times Watching Me Doing Things That I Do, On And Off The Court.

We Want To Win It All. The Only Reason We Play This Game Is To Win Championships.

When You Get To Know Some Of The History Of The Game, Oscar Robertson Is One Of The Names That Pops Up First.

But Put My Body Through A Lot, You Know, But It's The Price For Your Body Feeling This Way For Winning. Did I Win? I Didn't Win A Championship, But I've Done A Lot Of Good Things In This First Year Back, And Hopefully I Can Continue It.

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I Do Have Motivation. A Lot Of Motivation.

There Is A Lot Of Pressure Put On Me, But I Don't Put A Lot Of Pressure On Myself. I Feel If I Play My Game, It Will Take Care Of Itself.

I Got A Goal, And It's A Huge Goal, And That's To Bring An Nba Championship Here To Cleveland, And I Won't Stop Until I Get It.

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I'm Like A Superhero. Call Me Basketball Man.

I'm Very Good At Noticing Talent. I Knew He Was Special Then And Obviously He Is Now.

I Think The Reason Why I'm The Person Who I Am Today Is Because I Went Through Those Tough Times When I Was Younger.

If It Wasn't For The Determination And The Will Power We Have In Each Other, We Wouldn't Have Pulled Through And Got This Win. Much Respect To Spain, But The U.s. Is Back On Top Again.

Certain Money Is Not Always Good Money. It Could Be Just Being At The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time. I Mean, If You Have Your Priorities In Check Then For The Most Part It's Easy.

I Hope I Can Help Guys Coming Out Of High School, If They Need Advice. I Know The Ins And Outs Of Everything.

I Started Thinking About What It Would Be Like To Raise My Family In My Hometown. I Looked At Other Teams, But I Wasn't Going To Leave Miami For Anywhere Except Cleveland. The More Time Passed, The More It Felt Right. This Is What Makes Me Happy.

Akron, Ohio, Is My Home. It Will Always Be Remembered. Akron, Ohio, Is My Life.

A Kid With A Dream From Akron Ohio. Now Chopping It Up With The Prez. Life Is Good

I Like Criticism. It Makes You Strong.

Cleveland Fans Are Awesome.

Once You Get On The Playing Field It's Not About Whether You're Liked Or Not Liked. All That Matters Is To Play At A High Level And Do Whatever It Takes To Help Your Team Win. That's What It's About.

It's Humbling To Know That You Have Fans All Over America And All Over The World And They Want You To Play On Their Respective Basketball Team. It's Very Humbling That They Respect The Way I Play The Game Of Basketball. I Can't Discredit That. I Can't Say I Don't Enjoy It Because You Put In A Lot Of Hard Work To Have Fans. And For Me To Be A Role Model And For Me To Have Fans All Over Is Great. It's Very Humbling.

As A Parent, If You Have Multiple Kids, You Can't Teach Them All The Same Thing Because They All Have Different Personalities. They're Their Own Person.

I Have A Responsibility To Lead, In More Ways Than One, And I Take That Very Seriously.

We Aren't Comfortable. We Are Not Satisfied. We Have To Stay Even-keeled.

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I Never Get Too High On My Stardom Or What I Can Do.

I've Put Our Guys In Position. I Gave Them The Blueprint. I Think They're Ready.

We Defended. We Made Them Keep Tough Shots, And We Executed Offensively.

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