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[Carol]
I gave him $2,500.
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Bitch.
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[Mumbling]
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- [Reverend] May we proceed?
- [Phone Ringing]
:48:14
- May we proceed?
- [Heavy Breathing]
:48:16
- Fags!
- May we proceed?
:48:29
- You want me to have them?
- Will you take them?
:48:32
Alfred.
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[Man]
Shh, shh, shh.
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[Man]
Shh.
:48:53
You all know why we're here.
:49:00
There's often so much sham
about this business of marriage.
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Everyone accepts it. Ritual.
:49:09
That's why I was so heartened when Alfred
asked me to perform this ceremony.
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He has certain beliefs,
which I assume you all know.
:49:18
He is an atheist, which is perfectly
all right. Really it is.
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I happen not to be, but inasmuch
as this ceremony connotes...
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an abandonment of ritual...
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in the search for truth...
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I agreed to perform it.
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First, let me state to you, Alfred...
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and to you, Patricia...
:49:39
that of the 200 marriages
that I have performed...
:49:43
all but seven have failed.
:49:46
So the odds are not good.
:49:48
We don't like to admit it,
especially at the wedding ceremony...
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but it's in the back
of all our minds, isn't it?
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How long will it last?
We all think that, don't we?
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We don't like to bring it out in the open,
but we all think that.