>>THIS
PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>> AND I FINALLY
STARTED READING THE BIBLE SO I
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COULD ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS.
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AND I SAID,
'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.'
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AND I THOUGHT
EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY
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OR HE WAS A LIAR
OR HE'S THE LORD.
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>>WHAT I SOMETIMES DO
DURING ONE OF THESE SERIES
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OF MEETINGS IS I JUST
TAKE A SECTION OF TIME AND I
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SHARE WITH YOU MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE OF HOW I CAME
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TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF
THE THINGS THAT I'M SHARING
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WITH YOU AND
KNOWING THE BACKGROUND
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SOMETIMES HELPS.
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I'D LIKE TO BEGIN
WITH A VERSE FROM THE BIBLE
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AND THIS ONE IS FROM
THE FIRST BOOK OF PETER--
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1 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 9,
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"BUT YOU ARE A
CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL
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PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY
NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE,
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THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM
THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED
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YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;"
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THE THEME OF WHAT I'D
LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS
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MORNING IS VERY SIMPLE:
THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR
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HAPPINESS, BUT MOST OF
THE WORLD IS LOOKING IN
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THE WRONG PLACES FOR HAPPINESS.
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PEOPLE THINK THAT
HAPPINESS COMES FROM FAME
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AND FORTUNE, FROM
HAVING ENOUGH FRIENDS OR
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POPULARITY, OR FROM, YOU
KNOW, JUST MATERIALISM OR
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PHYSICAL SATISFACTION
AND THOSE THINGS DON'T BRING
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REAL LASTING HAPPINESS.
NOW I CAME FROM A VERY
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UNUSUAL SET OF
PARENTS AND I'LL TAKE A MOMENT
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AND SHARE ABOUT
THAT. YOU EVER HEARD -
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THAT'S MY MOM AND DAD -
YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION
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THAT OPPOSITES
ATTRACT? IT'S STRANGE THAT THE
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IRONY OF THAT - THAT
SOMEHOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
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SO OPPOSITE END
UP GETTING MARRIED.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT IT
WAS EVER MORE TRUE THAN WITH
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MY MOTHER AND MY
FATHER. MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH.
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MY FATHER CAME FROM
A BAPTIST BACKGROUND.
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MY MOTHER WAS A DEMOCRAT.
MY FATHER WAS A REPUBLICAN.
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MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN
NEW YORK CITY AND MY FATHER
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WAS BORN IN A
SMALL OKLAHOMA TOWN.
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HE WAS A COUNTRY BOY. I
MEAN, THEY WERE ABOUT AS
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OPPOSITE AS YOU COULD
BE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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DAD FOR A MOMENT:
HE WAS BORN VERY POOR.
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HE SOMEHOW GOT HIMSELF
THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND
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GOT SOME LOWER
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, DID FLIGHT
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TRAINING - WAS VERY
INTRIGUED WITH FLYING -
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KNEW AMELIA EARHART AND
CHARLES LINDBERGH AND SOME
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OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AFTER THE WAR HE BEGAN
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A BUSINESS OF BUYING
AND SELLING AND LEASING
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AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT WAS
THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT LEASING
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BUSINESS IN THE WORLD
- CALLED INTERNATIONAL
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AIR LEASING - AND
WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE.
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HE LIKED RACING
CARS. HE'D WATER SKI - FLEW
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PLANES - HAD A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT HE WASN'T A
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VERY HAPPY MAN AND
JUST EVERYTHING WAS WORK.
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I MEAN, HE'D WORK JUST
REGULAR 16-HOUR DAYS BUT
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THEN HE WOULD,
PRETTY MUCH, DRINK HIMSELF
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TO SLEEP - STARTING AT
LUNCH HE WOULD HAVE HIS
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FIRST COCKTAILS. BY
THE TIME HE CAME HOME
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HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS DRUNK.
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WE WERE JUST ALWAYS
WORRIED - WAS HE IN A GOOD
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MOOD OR A BAD MOOD -
AND WE'D RUN AND HIDE IF DAD
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CAME HOME DRUNK IN A BAD MOOD.
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SO IT WASN'T ALWAYS A
VERY HAPPY HOME AND SO WHEN I
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MEET PEOPLE THAT THINK,
'OH, IF I COULD JUST MAKE
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MORE MONEY I'D BE HAPPY.'
I THOUGHT, 'OH, YOU REALLY
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THINK SO?' IT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
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JESUS SAID, 'ONE'S
LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE
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ABUNDANCE OF THINGS HE
POSSESSES.' MONEY DOES NOT
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MAKE A VERY GOOD
FOUNDATION FOR HAPPINESS.
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NOW I'M GOING TO
SWITCH OVER AND TALK ABOUT MOM
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FOR A MINUTE. VERY DIFFERENT -
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MOM WAS JEWISH - HER
MAIDEN NAME WAS TARSHIS.
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SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK
CITY. SHE WENT TO CALIFORNIA
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WITH HER FAMILY
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
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THEY WERE LOOKING
FOR A BETTER LIFE.
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AND MOM REALLY WAS
INTRIGUED WITH WANTING TO
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BE FAMOUS. SHE
WAS VERY TALENTED.
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SHE COULD SING, BUT
BEYOND THAT, MOM SHE REALLY
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BECAME FAMOUS AS A FILM CRITIC.
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DURING THAT ERA IT WAS
A VERY POWERFUL POSITION.
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IF A CRITIC SAID A
MOVIE WAS BAD, THEY LOST A LOT
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OF MONEY. IF IT
WAS GOOD THEY COULD
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MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO, SHE KNEW A LOT OF
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POWERFUL PEOPLE AND
MOVIE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD.
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HERE'S SOME PICTURES
OF MOM WITH SOME OF THE
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DIFFERENT
CELEBRITIES. THIS IS MOM
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WITH SYLVESTER
STALLONE, MUHAMMAD ALI -
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ANYONE REMEMBER GEORGE BURNS?
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>>YES. >>PAUL MCCARTNEY.
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HERE'S MOM WITH
WARREN BEATTY, JIMMY STEWART,
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BOB HOPE, NATALIE WOOD
- SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY
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EVEN LOOKED A LITTLE
ALIKE. HERE SHE IS WITH SALLY
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FIELDS WHO'S STILL ACTING TODAY.
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CLINT EASTWOOD - STILL
PRODUCING. PAUL NEWMAN.
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ROGER MOORE - ONE
OF THE JAMES BONDS.
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SO SHE KNEW THESE
PEOPLE AND WHEN WE WERE GROWING
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UP, MY BROTHER AND I -
WE DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW,
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HOW FAMOUS SOME OF
THESE FOLKS WERE, BUT FAMOUS
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COMPOSERS AND SINGERS
AND ACTORS WERE COMING TO AND
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FRO IN OUR HOME, BOTH IN L.A.
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- SHE LIVED IN BEVERLY
HILLS AND NEW YORK CITY
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AND THE ONE THING I
NOTICED IS THEY WEREN'T
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VERY HAPPY.
IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION.
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IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING.
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MOVIES AND TELEVISION -
IT JUST CREATES AN ILLUSION
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BECAUSE YOU MULTIPLY
AN IMAGE, BUT THEY'RE JUST
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NORMAL PEOPLE AND THEY STRUGGLE.
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NOW I GREW UP MOSTLY
IN NEW YORK CITY - BORN IN
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -
MOM MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY
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AFTER SHE DIVORCED
DAD. PEOPLE WERE AMAZED THE
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MARRIAGE LASTED SIX
YEARS. I WAS THREE YEARS OLD
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WHEN THEY DIVORCED.
BOUNCED AROUND BETWEEN MY
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GRANDPARENTS AND MY FATHER
AND MY MOTHER BECAUSE THEY
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WERE SO BUSY WITH THEIR
CAREERS THAT WE JUST KIND
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OF FELT LIKE WE WERE IN THE WAY.
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I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
PART OF THE REASON IS THAT
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MOM AND DAD WERE
CHANGING CUSTODY, PART OF THE
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REASON IS BECAUSE I
WAS GETTING IN TROUBLE AND
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THEY KEPT CHANGING ME
FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND IT
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DIDN'T HELP THAT MOM USED DRUGS.
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AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY
WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD
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THAT MOM SAID, 'WELL,
EVENTUALLY DOUG, I KNOW
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THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO TRY THESE THINGS.
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I JUST AS SOON
YOU DID IT AT HOME.'
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AND SO SHE ROLLED A JOINT
AND SHE SMOKED POT WITH ME.
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VERY COMMON
OCCURRENCE IN OUR HOME.
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TWO OR THREE TIMES A
WEEK MOM AND I WOULD SMOKE POT
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OR HASHISH AND EAT
ICE CREAM AND SHE SAID,
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'I JUST WANT YOU TO DO
IT AT HOME.' WELL, YOU KNOW,
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IT DIDN'T STAY AT HOME.
AND SO I STARTED GETTING
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INTO ALL KINDS OF
TROUBLE AND I KIND OF BOUNCED
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AROUND FROM ONE
THING TO ANOTHER.
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I RAN AWAY FROM HOME THE
FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 13.
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I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR PURPOSE.
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I USED TO THINK
ABOUT SUICIDE ALL THE TIME
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BECAUSE MANY OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE WENT TO, THEY
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SAID, 'THERE'S NO GOD.'
AND WHEN YOU DIE YOU JUST
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TURN BACK INTO
FERTILIZER. THERE'S NO PURPOSE.
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AND I REMEMBER,
DISTINCTLY, WHEN I WAS
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LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY,
I WENT TO THE EDGE OF ONE OF
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THESE TALL APARTMENT
BUILDINGS - YOU KNOW, WE
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LIVED IN A BUILDING THAT
WAS 20 FLOORS UP AND - GET
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OUT ON THE ROOF AND I
STOOD AND I LOOKED AND I
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THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, ALL
I HAVE TO DO IS JUMP AND I
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WON'T BE UNHAPPY ANYMORE.'
DO I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
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I WASN'T A VERY HAPPY CHILD?
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I JUST FELT LIKE MY
PARENTS WERE BUSY WITH
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THEIR CAREERS AND I
JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY PEACE OR
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HAPPINESS. I
BELIEVED YOU DIE AND
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YOU TURN BACK INTO
DIRT. AND I THOUGHT I GOT IN
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TROUBLE IN SCHOOL
ALL THE TIME, 'WHY NOT
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GET IT OVER WITH? ALL
I'VE GOT TO DO IS JUMP AND
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I WON'T BE HURTING
ANYMORE.' THE SAD THING IS
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I STARTED THINKING
ABOUT THAT AT SEVEN YEARS OLD,
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BUT GOD JUST
KEPT HOLDING IT BACK.
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YOU KNOW, ONE
THING THAT HELPED ME?
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I HAVE AN INSATIABLE
CURIOSITY AND I THOUGHT,
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'IF I KILL MYSELF
TODAY, SOMETHING REALLY
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INTERESTING'S BOUND TO
HAPPEN TOMORROW AND I'LL
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MISS IT.' (LAUGHTER) AND
SO I WAS ABLE TO POSTPONE
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MY SUICIDE ONE DAY
AT A TIME, BECAUSE OF
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CURIOSITY, FOR YEARS.
YEARS LATER, I REMEMBER
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WHEN MOM TURNED
40, SHE CALLED ME UP.
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SHE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU
KNOW, I REALIZE THAT MY BEAUTY
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AND TALENTS ARE FADING
AND I'M JUST THINKING OF
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ENDING MY LIFE.' I SAID,
'MOM, LET ME TELL YOU HOW
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I DEALT WITH
THAT.' AT THIS POINT I WAS
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A CHRISTIAN. I
SAID, 'YOU LOSE ALL YOUR
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OPTIONS WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE.
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YOU NEVER KNOW, IT
MIGHT GET BETTER TOMORROW AND
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YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT
IF YOU KILL YOURSELF.'
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I SAID, 'JUST TAKE IT
ONE DAY AT A TIME.' YEARS
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LATER SHE SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, THAT REALLY HELPED ME.'
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SO I BEGAN TO THINK, 'YOU
KNOW, WHY KILL YOURSELF BY
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DOING SOMETHING
BORING LIKE JUMPING OFF A
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BUILDING OR TAKING
A HANDFUL OF PILLS?'
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I HEARD A BEER COMMERCIAL
AND IT SAID, 'YOU ONLY GO
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AROUND ONCE IN LIFE,
GET ALL THE GUSTO YOU CAN.'
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I WASN'T REAL SURE WHAT
'GUSTO' WAS BUT I THOUGHT,
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'WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
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I'M GOING TO - I'M JUST
GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN
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AS I CAN AND I'LL JUST
- I'LL KILL MYSELF HAVING
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FUN.' AND SO I JUST
BEGAN TO LIVE A VERY WILD LIFE
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WITH ABANDON.
WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH
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MOM - I WAS ALREADY
USING DRUGS AT HOME WITH MOM
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AND I FOUND OUT WHERE
HER STASH WAS SO I ALREADY
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KNEW ABOUT THAT SIDE.
WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH
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DAD, DAD'S
SPECIALTY WAS ALCOHOL.
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HE LIVED IN A MANSION
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH
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A BUTLER AND A MAID AND
HE HAD A COMPLETE BAR IN THE
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HOUSE - STOCKED
BETTER THAN SOME CITY BARS.
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AND MY FRIENDS AND I,
WE WOULD DRINK AND I WAS
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GETTING INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE.
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I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED
IN STEALING AND FIGHTING
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AND DRUGS - I STARTED
SMOKING CIGARETTES AND I
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WAS IN AND OUT OF
JAIL. I RAN AWAY FROM
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HOME SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SO, I WAS GETTING
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INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS
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IS, I WANTED ATTENTION.
I WANTED MY FRIENDS TO
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LIKE ME AND I JUST -
EVERYONE WANTS LOVE AND I
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JUST FELT LIKE NOBODY
EVEN CARED ABOUT ME AND SO I
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JUST TRIED SO HARD TO
GET SOMEONE TO LIKE ME, I'D
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DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH DAD
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- THIS IS THE ISLAND -
THAT'S A GOOGLE PICTURE OF
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SUNSET ISLAND #1 -
THAT'S WHERE DAD LIVED.
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HE WAS ON THE NORTH
PART OF THAT PICTURE.
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HAD A HOUSE
RIGHT THERE ON THE BAY.
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WE HAD THREE BOATS IN
THE BACKYARD - HAD A YACHT, A
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SKI BOAT, AND I
HAD A LITTLE SAIL BOAT.
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AND THE FRIENDS THAT
I GREW UP WITH ON THE
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ISLAND, WE GOT BORED
IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WE
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WOULD GO BREAK INTO
THE HOMES OF THE OTHER
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MILLIONAIRES. WE'D
JUST SIT AROUND AND
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SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO?' 'I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.'
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'LET'S GO BREAK INTO
THIS HOME.' AND SO WE'D GO -
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AND WE'D DARE EACH
OTHER. JUST, YOU KNOW, KIDS HAVE
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NOTHING TO DO AND SO
WE'D GO BREAK INTO A HOME.
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IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT WE STOLE, JUST STEAL
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SOMETHING TO SHOW
YOU WERE IN THERE.
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I STOLE A TENNIS
RACQUET - JUST ANYTHING.
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AND THEN THEY STARTED
DARING ME - THEY'D SAY, 'I
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DARE YOU TO BREAK IN
WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE STILL
00:10:32.69\00:10:34.86
WALKING AROUND.' YOU
COULD SEE THE LIGHTS ON.
00:10:34.93\00:10:37.17
BECAUSE WE KNEW THE
DOORS WERE OPEN BECAUSE THE
00:10:37.20\00:10:39.50
ISLAND HAD A SECURITY
GUARD SO PEOPLE WERE VERY
00:10:39.53\00:10:41.67
RELAXED AND SO WE'D
BREAK IN AND WE'D STEAL
00:10:41.70\00:10:45.87
SOMETHING. THEY
WOULD DARE ME TO JUMP
00:10:45.91\00:10:48.01
OFF THE BRIDGE INTO
THE WATER AND I WOULD DO IT
00:10:48.04\00:10:51.01
JUST, YOU KNOW,
JUST TO TRY AND GET
00:10:51.05\00:10:52.78
THEIR ATTENTION.
WELL THINGS CONTINUED TO
00:10:52.81\00:10:54.85
PROGRESSIVELY GET
WORSE WITH THE DRUGS, THE
00:10:54.88\00:10:57.15
STEALING - I BEGAN TO
BREAK INTO OTHER HOMES AND
00:10:57.19\00:11:01.72
STEALING CARS AND
RUN-INS WITH THE POLICE.
00:11:01.76\00:11:07.96
I TOOK TRAFFIC SCHOOL
SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I
00:11:08.00\00:11:10.13
EVEN HAD A LICENSE BECAUSE
OF THE PROBLEMS I GOT IN -
00:11:10.17\00:11:14.10
BUT SOMETHING
INTERESTING HAPPENED.
00:11:14.14\00:11:15.87
I FINALLY LEFT HOME WHEN
I WAS 15 AND I TOLD DAD - MY
00:11:15.90\00:11:20.68
STEP-MOTHER SAID,
'EITHER HE GOES OR I GO.' AND I
00:11:20.71\00:11:24.11
DON'T BLAME HER. I
WAS REALLY A PROBLEM.
00:11:24.15\00:11:26.21
DAD MOVED ME INTO
ONE OF HIS HOTELS.
00:11:26.25\00:11:27.85
HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
TO LIVE HERE.' THAT DIDN'T
00:11:27.88\00:11:29.85
WORK VERY LONG AND
FINALLY I SAID, 'LOOK, DAD, I'M
00:11:29.88\00:11:31.52
GOING TO GO.' AND HE
SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
00:11:31.55\00:11:33.19
DO WITH YOU. I'VE
TRIED EVERYTHING.'
00:11:33.22\00:11:34.52
AND I SAID, 'I'M JUST
GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIGURE
00:11:34.56\00:11:37.13
IT OUT BY MYSELF.' AND I LEFT.
00:11:37.16\00:11:39.23
AND I TOOK OFF
HITCHHIKING AT 15 YEARS OLD.
00:11:39.26\00:11:43.10
I WENT UP TO BOSTON.
I HAD FORGED MY DRIVER'S
00:11:43.13\00:11:45.53
LICENSE, YOU KNOW,
I WAS BORN IN 1957.
00:11:45.57\00:11:48.50
I CHANGED MY
LEARNER'S PERMIT TO '52.
00:11:48.54\00:11:51.51
I GOT A FALSE ID THAT
SAID I WAS OLDER THAN I WAS AND
00:11:51.54\00:11:55.21
SO I GOT AN APARTMENT
IN BOSTON AND I STARTED
00:11:55.24\00:12:00.28
BREAKING INTO HOMES AND
STEALING - STEALING CARS,
00:12:00.32\00:12:04.12
USING DRUGS - I HAD
A PART-TIME JOB AS A
00:12:04.15\00:12:07.66
SECURITY GUARD - (LAUGHTER) -
00:12:07.69\00:12:09.66
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I DID - A PLACE CALLED
00:12:09.69\00:12:12.59
BOSTON INTELLIGENCE -
AND SO I'D GUARD PLACES AT
00:12:12.63\00:12:16.77
NIGHT AND THEN I'D
STEAL DURING THE DAY BECAUSE
00:12:16.80\00:12:18.43
IT JUST LOOKS
LIKE YOU'RE MOVING.
00:12:18.47\00:12:20.77
AND WHILE I WAS
LIVING LIKE THIS IN BOSTON,
00:12:20.80\00:12:24.27
GETTING INTO LOTS OF
TROUBLE, I MET A FRIEND
00:12:24.31\00:12:26.27
WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS
AND HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD
00:12:26.31\00:12:30.55
AND HE FOUND OUT ABOUT
WHAT I WAS DOING DURING
00:12:30.58\00:12:33.01
THE DAY AND I SAID,
'JERRY, ARE YOU GOING TO
00:12:33.05\00:12:35.08
TURN ME IN?' AND
HE SAID, 'OH NO, DOUG,
00:12:35.12\00:12:37.62
I DON'T NEED TO TURN YOU
IN.' HE SAID 'YOUR KARMA'S
00:12:37.65\00:12:39.29
GOING TO GET YOU.' I SAID,
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' HE SAID,
00:12:39.32\00:12:42.39
'EVERYTHING YOU DO
COMES BACK.' >>YEP.
00:12:42.42\00:12:44.66
>>I SAID, 'THERE'S
NO GOD.' I STOLE THAT
00:12:44.69\00:12:46.43
TELEVISION. I GOT RID OF IT AND
00:12:46.46\00:12:48.03
NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME.'
HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.' AND
00:12:48.06\00:12:50.97
NOT LONG AFTER HE TOLD
ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY
00:12:51.00\00:12:53.17
APARTMENT IN BOSTON
AND MY DOOR WAS OPEN.
00:12:53.20\00:12:55.60
AND I GOT MY
SCRUPLES TOGETHER AND I LOOKED
00:12:55.64\00:12:57.54
AROUND - MY TV WAS
GONE - AND MY RADIO.
00:12:57.57\00:13:01.34
AND I WAS MAD. I
CALLED THE POLICE.
00:13:01.38\00:13:02.74
I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
TO TRACK THESE GUYS DOWN.
00:13:02.78\00:13:04.38
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
THIEVES.' I SAID, 'I PAY
00:13:04.41\00:13:06.08
TAXES FOR YOU GUYS TO DO
YOUR JOB.' AND I WAS VERY
00:13:06.11\00:13:09.72
INDIGNANT. AND I STARTED
WATCHING AND I NOTICED THAT
00:13:09.75\00:13:12.55
EVERYTHING I DID
SEEMED TO BACKFIRE.
00:13:12.59\00:13:14.32
>>YEP. >>I'D
STEAL SOMETHING AND - MY
00:13:14.36\00:13:17.79
FRIENDS WERE ALL ALL THIEVES
- THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME.
00:13:17.83\00:13:20.60
OR I WOULD STEAL SOMETHING
- AND I WAS OFTEN HIGH OR
00:13:20.63\00:13:23.73
DRUNK - AND I'D HIDE IT
AND I'D SOBER UP AND SAY,
00:13:23.77\00:13:26.80
'WHERE DID I PUT THAT?'
OR I MISPLACED THE MONEY.
00:13:26.84\00:13:31.14
OR I'D STEAL SOMETHING
AND, I REMEMBER ONCE, I
00:13:31.17\00:13:34.14
JUST RISKED MY LIFE. I
STOLE THIS STEREO, I GOT
00:13:34.18\00:13:36.64
BACK, I PLUGGED IT IN - IT
WAS BROKEN. IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK.
00:13:36.68\00:13:39.61
(LAUGHTER) AND I STARTED
THINKING, 'THERE MUST BE A
00:13:39.65\00:13:43.49
GOD.' YOU KNOW, JESUS
SAID, 'DO UNTO OTHERS AS
00:13:43.52\00:13:45.99
YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO
UNTO YOU' AND IT SEEMED
00:13:46.02\00:13:47.66
LIKE EVERYTHING I DID
IT WAS BACKFIRING ON ME.
00:13:47.69\00:13:50.33
WHAT CONVINCED ME,
FINALLY, WAS A LITTLE THING.
00:13:50.36\00:13:53.60
I WENT TO SOMEONE'S
HOUSE - I DIDN'T QUIT STEALING
00:13:53.63\00:13:56.70
IMMEDIATELY, I
KIND OF TAPERED OFF.
00:13:56.73\00:13:59.23
I WENT TO SOMEONE'S
HOUSE AND I STOLE A BOX OF
00:13:59.27\00:14:00.90
KRUSTEAZ INSTANT PANCAKE
MIX (LAUGHTER) AND I KNOW
00:14:00.94\00:14:04.67
THIS SOUNDS REALLY DUMB
BUT, I DID IT BECAUSE IT
00:14:04.71\00:14:07.61
WAS WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.
00:14:07.64\00:14:10.65
(LAUGHTER) NOW YOU'VE
GOT TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW
00:14:10.68\00:14:12.78
DUMB THIS IS. I AM DRINKING, I'M
00:14:12.81\00:14:14.42
SMOKING, I'M USING
DRUGS, BUT I WAS A HIPPIE AND I
00:14:14.45\00:14:16.82
THOUGHT, 'I'LL JUST USE
WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.'
00:14:16.85\00:14:19.52
(LAUGHTER) THEY HAD THIS
BRAND-NEW BOX OF KRUSTEAZ
00:14:19.55\00:14:23.09
INSTANT PANCAKE MIX AND
THIS WAS BACK BEFORE THEY
00:14:23.12\00:14:25.46
HAD THE BAR CODES
AND THEY HAD THE LITTLE
00:14:25.49\00:14:27.13
ROUND STAMP ON TOP.
THEY'D STAMP THE TOP WITH
00:14:27.20\00:14:28.96
THE PRICE - LITTLE
CIRCLE - $1.19 - I STOLE IT.
00:14:29.00\00:14:32.70
THAT DAY, I WENT BACK TO
MY HOUSE AND SOME FRIENDS
00:14:32.73\00:14:35.20
HAD COME BY WHILE I WASN'T HOME.
00:14:35.24\00:14:36.91
I HAD JUST BOUGHT A
BRAND-NEW JAR OF TANG
00:14:36.94\00:14:38.71
INSTANT BREAKFAST
DRINK. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT?
00:14:38.74\00:14:40.91
MY FRIENDS DRANK THE
ENTIRE JAR AND THERE, BY
00:14:40.94\00:14:46.08
THE EMPTY JAR, WAS THE LID
AND THE LID WAS STAMPED $1.19.
00:14:46.11\00:14:50.55
AND I LOOKED AT THE
PANCAKE MIX AND I LOOKED
00:14:50.59\00:14:52.22
AT THE LID AND I
THOUGHT, 'CRIME DOESN'T PAY.'
00:14:52.25\00:14:54.06
(LAUGHTER) I STARTED
THINKING THERE MUST BE A
00:14:54.09\00:14:55.79
GOD. SO I BEGAN TO SEARCH.
00:14:55.82\00:14:58.09
SO I STARTED GETTING
INTO ALL THESE EASTERN
00:14:58.13\00:14:59.89
RELIGIONS AND BUDDHISM -
THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS
00:14:59.93\00:15:02.26
OF THE BEATLES AND
EVERYBODY WAS MEDITATING
00:15:02.30\00:15:04.00
AND THE EASTERN RELIGIONS
WERE VERY INTRIGUING IN
00:15:04.03\00:15:06.90
AMERICA AND SO I WAS
MEDITATING AND I WAS - I
00:15:06.94\00:15:10.31
GOT INTO SOMETHING
CALLED THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF
00:15:10.34\00:15:12.61
DNA AND I TOOK A
LITTLE BIT OF, KIND OF, THE
00:15:12.64\00:15:15.71
JEWISH HERITAGE AND
MIXED THAT IN AND, OF COURSE,
00:15:15.74\00:15:18.98
I'D GONE TO CATHOLIC
SCHOOL AND SO I KIND OF
00:15:19.01\00:15:20.85
MADE THIS BIG OLD
POTLUCK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:15:20.88\00:15:23.42
RELIGIONS WITH MYSELF AS
MY OWN LITTLE POPE TRYING
00:15:23.45\00:15:26.35
TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL AND I
00:15:26.39\00:15:29.26
- I, YOU KNOW, I'D QUOTE
SUDDENLY FROM ONE RELIGION
00:15:29.29\00:15:31.13
AND THEN FROM ANOTHER
RELIGION AND WHILE ALL
00:15:31.16\00:15:32.86
THIS WAS HAPPENING, I
WAS SO SPIRITUAL AND SO
00:15:32.89\00:15:34.66
RELIGIOUS, I'M STILL
USING DRUGS AND DRINKING.
00:15:34.73\00:15:39.03
I'M STILL A SLAVE TO MY SINS.
00:15:39.07\00:15:41.27
IT HADN'T MADE ME ANY BETTER.
00:15:41.30\00:15:43.30
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AND MOST IMPORTANT,
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
00:16:14.54\00:16:17.21
WELL, ABOUT THIS TIME,
MY FATHER FLEW TO BOSTON AND
00:16:18.67\00:16:23.85
HE MADE A SPECIAL TRIP
AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU NEED
00:16:23.88\00:16:26.61
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR LIFE.'
00:16:26.65\00:16:30.32
MY BROTHER, FALCON, WAS SICK.
00:16:30.35\00:16:32.49
HE COULDN'T TAKE OVER
THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND I HAD
00:16:32.52\00:16:35.72
A STEP-BROTHER FROM
DAD'S THIRD WIFE, BETTY,
00:16:35.76\00:16:40.06
AND HE WAS STARTING
TO DO IT. HE COULDN'T.
00:16:40.10\00:16:41.73
DAD SAID, 'YOU'RE
THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY.
00:16:41.76\00:16:43.87
YOU NEED AN EDUCATION.'
HE SAID, 'DOUG, I FOUND A
00:16:43.90\00:16:46.07
GOOD SCHOOL.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.'
00:16:46.10\00:16:47.70
HE SAID, YOU LIKE ADVENTURE?
THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT'S ON
00:16:47.74\00:16:49.77
A BOAT.' IT WAS CALLED
THE FLINT SCHOOL - THERE WERE
00:16:49.80\00:16:53.38
TWO SCHOOLS LIKE THIS
IN THE WORLD BACK THEN.
00:16:53.41\00:16:55.21
ONE THEY MADE A MOVIE
OUT OF CALLED WHITE SQUALL -
00:16:55.24\00:16:57.65
THAT WAS AN ALL-BOYS' SCHOOL.
00:16:57.68\00:16:58.98
THIS ONE WAS CO-ED.
AND SO HE SAID, 'OH,
00:16:59.01\00:17:00.98
YOU'LL LOVE IT.'
AND HE PLED WITH ME.
00:17:01.02\00:17:02.78
I SAID, 'OKAY.' SOMEHOW
HE GOT ME A PASSPORT, FLEW ME
00:17:02.82\00:17:06.32
TO MILAN, ITALY, PUT
ME ON THIS BOAT - IT WAS
00:17:06.35\00:17:11.79
ACTUALLY TWO SAILBOATS
THAT SAILED TOGETHER, IT
00:17:11.83\00:17:14.73
WAS CALLED THE FLINT
SCHOOL AND AFTER WE LEFT I
00:17:14.73\00:17:18.10
REALIZED I'D SORT OF BEEN
TRICKED BECAUSE THIS WAS A
00:17:18.13\00:17:20.60
VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL FOR
THE CHILDREN OF POLITICIANS
00:17:20.64\00:17:25.34
AND MILLIONAIRES TO
GET THEM OUT OF THEIR
00:17:25.37\00:17:28.14
ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF KIDS
00:17:28.18\00:17:29.61
GETTING MIXED UP
WITH MOONIES AND CULTS AND
00:17:29.64\00:17:31.65
DRUGS BACK THEN AND
THEY GOT THEM OUT OF THE
00:17:31.68\00:17:34.05
ENVIRONMENT AND PUT
THEM IN A CONTROLLED
00:17:34.08\00:17:36.02
ENVIRONMENT, TAUGHT
THEM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS
00:17:36.05\00:17:38.85
PRINCIPLES, BUT
THEY TAUGHT ATHEISM.
00:17:38.89\00:17:42.02
NOW I'M VERY SPIRITUAL
AND THEY'RE SHOWING FILMS OF
00:17:42.06\00:17:43.69
DARWIN. THEY'RE
TELLING US TO READ
00:17:43.73\00:17:45.13
THE BOOKS OF AYN RAND -
ATLAS SHRUGGED - I DON'T
00:17:45.16\00:17:47.36
KNOW IF YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT STUFF.
00:17:47.40\00:17:48.93
IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU'RE
GOD AND THE CAPTAIN SAID,
00:17:48.96\00:17:51.50
'LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO HAVE - YOU HAVE TO EAT ON
00:17:51.53\00:17:53.54
THE FLOOR IF YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO PARTICIPATE.' AND
00:17:53.57\00:17:55.34
SO I'D SAY, 'FINE.'
I'D EAT ON THE FLOOR.
00:17:55.37\00:17:56.71
I DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL
AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU'RE
00:17:56.74\00:18:00.64
GOING TO HAVE TO STAY
IN YOUR ROOM.' AND I HAD MY
00:18:00.68\00:18:02.01
FRIENDS BRINGING ME FOOD
AND IT JUST - THIS WENT ON
00:18:02.04\00:18:04.51
FOR TWO MONTHS. SO WE HAD
AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
00:18:04.55\00:18:09.25
WE WERE SAILING FROM
NORTHERN AFRICA - TUNIS,
00:18:09.28\00:18:12.95
AFRICA - OVER TO
PORT OF MAHON, SPAIN.
00:18:12.99\00:18:16.16
AND ON THE WAY
ACROSS WE ENCOUNTERED JUST A
00:18:16.19\00:18:18.63
TERRIBLE STORM AND
WATER WAS COMING IN.
00:18:18.66\00:18:22.86
THE MAIN SAIL
RIPPED. THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
00:18:22.90\00:18:25.97
CAPTAIN WAS SEA SICK.
THE WATER WAS COLD - IT
00:18:26.00\00:18:30.74
WAS CHRISTMAS TIME - AND
WHAT DO YOU THINK ATHEISTS
00:18:30.77\00:18:33.38
DO WHEN THEY THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO DIE?
00:18:33.41\00:18:35.71
>>PRAY. >>THEY STARTED PRAYING.
00:18:35.74\00:18:39.11
AND I WAS DOING SOME PRAYING.
00:18:39.15\00:18:41.08
AND - YOU MAKE PROMISES.
YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
00:18:41.12\00:18:43.65
DOING WRONG WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
00:18:43.69\00:18:45.62
AND SO, OF COURSE FEAR IS
THE WRONG REASON TO SERVE GOD.
00:18:45.65\00:18:50.33
AS SOON AS THE STORM
WAS OVER WE FORGOT ALL ABOUT
00:18:50.36\00:18:52.56
THE PRAYERS AND THE PROMISES.
00:18:52.59\00:18:54.30
I MANAGED TO CONVINCE
THE CAPTAIN, 'LOOK, I'LL
00:18:54.30\00:18:57.60
COOPERATE FOR THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
00:18:57.63\00:19:00.70
BREAK IF YOU JUST LET
ME GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
00:19:00.74\00:19:02.80
BREAK. AND THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS
00:19:02.84\00:19:04.57
TO GET RID OF ME, HE
CALLED MY DAD AND SAID,
00:19:04.61\00:19:06.37
'YOU'VE GOT A DEAL.'
AND TOLD MR. BATCHELOR, 'WE
00:19:06.41\00:19:08.94
THINK DOUG'S
SHOWN GREAT PROGRESS.
00:19:08.98\00:19:10.38
WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.'
00:19:10.41\00:19:12.65
BECAUSE MY DAD HAD TO
PAY THE WHOLE YEAR UP FRONT,
00:19:12.68\00:19:14.58
THEY DIDN'T
CARE. THEY JUST WANTED
00:19:14.62\00:19:15.92
TO GET RID OF ME. SO
I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE
00:19:15.95\00:19:18.12
IN MADRID, SPAIN,
ORDERED BEER AND GOT A PACK OF
00:19:18.15\00:19:22.36
CIGARETTES AND TOLD
THEM, I SAID, 'YOU WILL NEVER
00:19:22.39\00:19:23.89
SEE ME AGAIN.'
AND THEY NEVER DID.
00:19:23.93\00:19:26.16
I GOT BACK TO THE
STATES, WENT ON A SKI VACATION
00:19:26.19\00:19:29.40
WITH DAD, WHEN IT WAS
TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL I RAN
00:19:29.43\00:19:31.77
AWAY FOR THE LAST TIME
AND I WENT HITCHHIKING ACROSS
00:19:31.80\00:19:34.30
THE COUNTRY TO A
PLACE I FOUND WHEN I WAS 15.
00:19:34.34\00:19:36.87
IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE
PALM SPRINGS THERE'S A VERY
00:19:36.91\00:19:38.94
TALL 10,000-FOOT MOUNTAIN
CALLED MOUNT SAN JACINTO.
00:19:38.97\00:19:42.94
HALFWAY UP THIS MOUNTAIN
THERE'S A CAVE - THERE'S
00:19:42.98\00:19:46.78
SOME - SEVERAL CAVES UP
THERE - AND I SAID, 'I'M
00:19:46.82\00:19:49.55
GOING TO FIND GOD IN
NATURE.' NOW ON MY WAY OUT
00:19:49.58\00:19:53.46
TO PALM SPRINGS,
SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED.
00:19:53.49\00:19:56.83
I GOT STUCK ON THE
HIGHWAY IN OKLAHOMA.
00:19:56.86\00:20:02.03
I WAS COLD, HUNGRY, ALL
THESE TRUCKS WERE GOING BY
00:20:02.06\00:20:06.87
AND I WAS A LITTLE
HUNG OVER AND I WAS
00:20:06.90\00:20:10.27
DESPERATE AND I SAID,
'YOU KNOW, I OUGHT TO TRY
00:20:10.31\00:20:12.41
PRAYING.' AND AFTER
STANDING THERE FOR EIGHT
00:20:12.44\00:20:15.18
HOURS FREEZING - BECAUSE
I HAD FLORIDA CLOTHING ON -
00:20:15.21\00:20:17.48
IT WAS DECEMBER IN
OKLAHOMA AND IT WAS
00:20:17.51\00:20:19.21
FREEZING COLD. I
PRAYED AND I SAID,
00:20:19.25\00:20:21.88
'LORD, I KNOW I'VE
BEEN A TERRIBLE PERSON.
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IF YOU'RE THERE,
WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME?
00:20:24.09\00:20:27.39
AND I NEED HELP WITH
FOUR THINGS.' I SAID, 'PLEASE
00:20:27.42\00:20:29.59
HELP ME TO GET A RIDE
TO WHERE I'M GOING.' I HAD
00:20:29.62\00:20:32.33
LIKE 1,500 MILES TO GO.
00:20:32.36\00:20:33.90
I SAID, 'PLEASE HELP
ME GET SOME FOOD.' I WAS
00:20:33.93\00:20:36.00
HUNGRY. 'HELP
ME GET SOME MONEY.'
00:20:36.03\00:20:38.43
I LOST ALL MY MONEY
DRINKING AND PLAYING
00:20:38.47\00:20:40.20
POOL THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AND THEN I PRAYED FOR A
00:20:40.24\00:20:42.47
RIDE WITH SOMEONE
NORMAL, BECAUSE I WAS GETTING
00:20:42.50\00:20:46.07
PICKED UP BY SOME
VERY STRANGE CHARACTERS.
00:20:46.11\00:20:49.31
AS SOON AS I FINISHED
PRAYING, THE NEXT VEHICLE
00:20:49.34\00:20:50.98
GOING BY STOPPED, PICKED
ME UP, TOOK ME ALL THE WAY
00:20:51.01\00:20:54.55
TO MY DESTINATION IN
PALM SPRINGS, AND PREACHED TO
00:20:54.58\00:20:57.19
ME ALL THE WAY OUT
THERE, WHICH I DIDN'T ASK FOR.
00:20:57.22\00:21:01.52
THEY GAVE ME $40.00
WHEN THEY DROPPED ME OFF.
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.36
THEY BOUGHT MY
FOOD ALL THE WAY OUT.
00:21:04.39\00:21:05.83
EVERYTHING I
PRAYED FOR, GOD GAVE ME.
00:21:05.86\00:21:07.23
I THOUGHT, 'WHAT A
COINCIDENCE.' (LAUGHTER)
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.27
BUT I HAD TO LISTEN TO
HIM OR JUMP OUT OF THE CAR.
00:21:10.30\00:21:13.64
SO I LISTENED TO HIM AND
I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, THE
00:21:13.67\00:21:15.07
BIBLE'S A FAIRY TALE.
NOW I'M GOING TO FIND GOD
00:21:15.10\00:21:17.64
THROUGH NATURE.' SO I
MOVED UP INTO THIS CAVE
00:21:17.67\00:21:21.41
WAY UP IN THESE
DESERT MOUNTAINS AND I JUST
00:21:21.44\00:21:23.45
DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE.
00:21:23.48\00:21:24.98
I WAS SO TIRED OF THE
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.58
AND I DIDN'T GET
ALONG WITH PEOPLE.
00:21:26.61\00:21:28.35
I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING
TO SEE IF I CAN FIND GOD
00:21:28.38\00:21:29.92
THROUGH NATURE.' WELL,
THE MIRACLE IS, WHEN I MOVED
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.59
INTO THIS CAVE, THERE
WAS A BIBLE THAT SOMEONE HAD
00:21:32.62\00:21:35.49
LEFT IN THE CAVE UP THERE
IN THE HILLS AND I FINALLY
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.69
STARTED READING THE
BIBLE SO I COULD ARGUE WITH
00:21:38.73\00:21:40.90
CHRISTIANS. AND,
YOU KNOW, I SAID,
00:21:40.93\00:21:45.63
'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.'
BUT AS I KEPT READING, I
00:21:45.67\00:21:48.14
REALIZED IT IS
TRUE. AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT
00:21:48.17\00:21:52.21
HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?'
YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE
00:21:52.24\00:21:54.78
ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT
JESUS REALLY LIVED.
00:21:54.81\00:21:57.25
AND I THOUGHT EITHER
JESUS WAS CRAZY OR HE WAS A LIAR
00:21:57.28\00:22:03.99
OR HE'S THE LORD. HE
DIDN'T LIE. HE WASN'T CRAZY.
00:22:04.02\00:22:08.69
MAYBE GOD DID BECOME A
MAN TO SAVE US AND THAT
00:22:08.72\00:22:12.99
THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES.
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.00
SO UP THERE IN THE CAVE I
FINALLY DECIDED, YOU KNOW,
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.83
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE.
00:22:17.87\00:22:20.20
I GOT ON MY KNEES, I
SAID, 'LORD, I'M A MESS.
00:22:20.24\00:22:22.97
WILL YOU COME INTO MY
HEART AND GIVE ME SOME
00:22:23.00\00:22:24.64
PURPOSE FOR LIVING?'
AND I WAS AS FAR AWAY FROM
00:22:24.67\00:22:28.31
GOD AS A PERSON COULD
BE. I'M RUNNING AROUND NAKED
00:22:28.34\00:22:30.31
UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
I'M EATING OUT OF GARBAGE
00:22:30.35\00:22:31.85
CANS, USING DRUGS,
SMOKING, LYING, STEALING -
00:22:31.88\00:22:33.75
I MEAN, I WAS A BIG ZERO
- AND I SAID, 'LORD, WILL
00:22:33.78\00:22:37.72
YOU GIVE ME SOME
PURPOSE FOR LIVING?'
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.89
AND I FELT HIM FORGIVE MY SINS.
00:22:39.92\00:22:41.76
HE CAME INTO MY
HEART AND EVERYTHING BEGAN
00:22:41.79\00:22:44.26
TO CHANGE. NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT
00:22:44.29\00:22:45.59
THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN.
ONE QUICK STORY, BEFORE WE
00:22:45.63\00:22:48.10
RUN OUT OF TIME, I WAS
SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GOSPEL
00:22:48.13\00:22:52.00
AND THE CHANGES GOD WAS
MAKING IN MY LIFE, I SAID,
00:22:52.03\00:22:54.47
'LORD, I'M WILLING TO
TELL PEOPLE, BUT I'M A HERMIT.
00:22:54.50\00:22:57.71
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IF
00:22:57.74\00:22:59.04
YOU - I FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TEACH AND
00:22:59.07\00:23:01.18
PREACH TO OTHERS
ABOUT YOU.' BECAUSE I WAS SO
00:23:01.21\00:23:03.24
EXCITED I SAID,
'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME
00:23:03.28\00:23:05.58
KNOW.' NOT LONG AFTER
I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I
00:23:05.61\00:23:08.55
CALLED MY MOM IN BEVERLY HILLS.
00:23:08.58\00:23:10.09
SHE SAID, 'DOUG,
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE
00:23:10.12\00:23:11.49
THIS, BUT I HAD LUNCH
WITH SOMEONE FROM NBC.
00:23:11.52\00:23:14.52
THEY WANT TO FLY UP TO
YOUR CAVE IN A HELICOPTER
00:23:14.56\00:23:17.16
AND INTERVIEW YOU.'
RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED AND SAID,
00:23:17.19\00:23:19.89
'LORD, IF YOU WANT
ME TO WITNESS FOR YOU,
00:23:19.93\00:23:21.30
YOU LET ME KNOW.'
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MOM
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.33
AT MY CAVE. SHE
FLEW UP IN A HELICOPTER.
00:23:23.37\00:23:25.23
THEY DID A NATIONAL
INTERVIEW. IT WAS ALL OVER THE
00:23:25.27\00:23:27.37
COUNTRY THAT DAY. MY FRIENDS
IN JAIL SAID THEY SAW IT THREE
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.31
TIMES IN ONE DAY. (LAUGHTER)
AND SO, FROM THAT TIME
00:23:30.34\00:23:34.81
TO THIS, GOD'S
JUST OPENED DOORS FOR ME
00:23:34.84\00:23:36.98
TO BE SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
00:23:37.01\00:23:38.95
HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:23:38.98\00:23:40.98
THIS IS A PICTURE
OF - I'VE BEEN BACK
00:23:41.02\00:23:42.65
TO THE CAVE SEVERAL
TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
00:23:42.68\00:23:45.35
THIS IS OUR SON MICAH
WHEN HE WAS LIKE SEVEN
00:23:45.39\00:23:47.19
YEARS OLD. HE
HIKED UP THERE WITH ME.
00:23:47.22\00:23:48.56
THIS IS THE WATERFALL
AND THE POOL RIGHT OUTSIDE MY
00:23:48.59\00:23:50.36
CAVE. I WENT BACK
UP WITH THE WHOLE CREW.
00:23:50.39\00:23:52.89
THAT'S KAREN IN THE
MIDDLE WITH STEPHEN AND - I WENT
00:23:52.93\00:23:57.07
BACK ONE YEAR AND I
ACTUALLY BROUGHT ANOTHER
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.87
BIBLE AND I LEFT IT IN
THE CAVE - JUST IN CASE.
00:23:58.90\00:24:02.34
KIND OF A LITTLE
SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I DID.
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.87
BUT MY IMMEDIATE
FAMILY IS ALL PASSED AWAY.
00:24:04.91\00:24:10.05
MY FATHER, MY MOTHER - I
WAS WITH MOM WHEN SHE DIED.
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.55
I WAS WITH MY
BROTHER WHEN HE DIED.
00:24:12.58\00:24:14.42
AND I REMEMBER I WAS
OUT WALKING WITH MY BROTHER
00:24:14.45\00:24:17.79
ONE DAY - FALCON WENT TO SCHOOL.
00:24:17.82\00:24:20.16
HE GOT A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
HE TRIED TO WORK FOR DAD
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.16
AS LONG AS HIS
HEALTH WOULD PERMIT.
00:24:22.19\00:24:24.13
AND YOU CAN TELL I'M THE
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY.
00:24:24.16\00:24:27.03
THIS WAS AT MY
BROTHER'S WEDDING.
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.13
I KIND OF HAD TO
COME OUT OF THE CAVE
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.47
AND YOU COULD TELL.
AND I WAS WALKING WITH MY
00:24:30.50\00:24:35.37
BROTHER ONE DAY AND
HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
00:24:35.40\00:24:38.07
LUCKY.' AND I THOUGHT,
'WOW.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
00:24:38.11\00:24:42.34
THE HOUSE IN MIAMI
BEACH ON THE WATER.
00:24:42.38\00:24:44.18
YOU'VE GOT THE BOAT.
YOU'VE GOT THE NEW CARS.
00:24:44.21\00:24:47.18
YOU'VE GOT ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE WORLD WANTS.'
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.59
HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
LUCKY.' HE SAID, 'I'D GIVE
00:24:50.62\00:24:54.09
EVERYTHING I HAVE IF I
COULD HAVE YOUR LUNGS AND
00:24:54.12\00:24:56.59
LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.'
HE SAID, 'GOD ISN'T FAIR.'
00:24:56.62\00:25:00.23
- MY BROTHER SAID - HE
SAID, 'I'M SO SMART BUT I'M
00:25:00.26\00:25:03.30
SICK.' AND HE SAID,
'YOU'RE SO HEALTHY BUT
00:25:03.33\00:25:06.47
YOU'RE STUPID.' (LAUGHTER)
AND, YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER,
00:25:06.50\00:25:14.31
HE BASICALLY
SAID, 'I KNOW I'M DYING.
00:25:14.34\00:25:19.41
I WOULD GIVE
EVERYTHING IF I COULD LIVE
00:25:19.45\00:25:21.65
A LITTLE LONGER. I
WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY
00:25:21.68\00:25:24.35
OF THE STUFF - ANY OF
THE FAME - IF I COULD JUST
00:25:24.39\00:25:26.69
LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.'
AND I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU
00:25:26.72\00:25:29.92
WANT ME TO PRAY WITH
YOU?' HE USED TO TEASE ME WHEN
00:25:29.96\00:25:31.26
I PRAYED, 'OH YEAH,' HE
SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE GOING
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.63
TO PRAY OVER THE FOOD. GO AHEAD.
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.10
RUB A DUB DUB, THANKS
FOR THE GRUB.' HE USED TO
00:25:35.13\00:25:36.70
TEASE - (LAUGHTER) -
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS
00:25:36.73\00:25:39.33
DYING I SAID, 'FALCON,
DO YOU WANT ME TO PRAY?'
00:25:39.37\00:25:42.30
HE SAID, 'YES,
PLEASE.' AND WHAT PROFIT IS
00:25:42.34\00:25:46.24
IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD?
00:25:46.27\00:25:47.64
IF YOU'RE FAMOUS - IF
YOU'VE GOT FORTUNE - IF
00:25:47.68\00:25:49.04
YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE,
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
00:25:49.08\00:25:51.78
MY BROTHER WOULD GIVE
EVERYTHING FOR A LITTLE
00:25:51.81\00:25:53.28
MORE OF THIS LIFE AND
YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE RELUCTANT
00:25:53.31\00:25:56.95
TO LET GO AND LET
JESUS TAKE OUR LIVES
00:25:56.99\00:26:00.69
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