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I have seen a queen of France with 18 million livres of diamonds on her person, but I declare that all the charms of her face and figure added to all the glitter of her jewels did not impress me as much as that little shrub right there. Now your mother always said that I never delighted enough in the mundane, but now I find that if I look at even the smallest thing my imagination begins to roam the Milky Way!
I have seen a queen of France with 18 million livres of diamonds on her person, but I declare that all the charms of her face and figure added to all the glitter of her jewels did not impress me as much as that little shrub right there. Now your mother always said that I never delighted enough in the mundane, but now I find that if I look at even the smallest thing my imagination begins to roam the Milky Way!
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l have hope
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You take away hope and what remains
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What pleasures Do you follow me Thomas
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Hmm
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lt's getting late Father
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ls it
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Let's go inside
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Come here come here
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l have seen a Queen of France
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with 1 8 million livres of diamonds on her person
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But l declare
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that all the charms of her face and figure
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added to all the glitter of her jewels
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did not impress me as much
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as that little shrub
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right there
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Now your mother always said
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that l never delighted enough
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in the mundane
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But now l find if l look at even the smallest thing
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my imagination begins to roam the Milky Way
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Movie Summary
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
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John Adams
