>>THIS PRESENTATION
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE
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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.' AND I THOUGHT
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EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY
OR HE WAS A LIAR OR HE'S THE
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LORD. >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS
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AMAZING FACTS HAS
BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING
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GOD'S WORD THROUGH
MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME
OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK
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AND ENJOY THIS EDITION
OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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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 SOMETIMES
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HELPS. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A
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VERSE FROM THE BIBLE AND
THIS ONE IS FROM THE FIRST
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BOOK OF PETER - 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 - THAT'S
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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 SO
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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 A
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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 AIR
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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 - MOM WAS
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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 AND
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DUSTIN HOFFMAN.
THESE ARE YOUNGER VERSIONS
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OF MOM 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, BOB
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HOPE, NATALIE WOOD -
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY EVEN
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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.' AND SO SHE
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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, 'I
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JUST WANT YOU TO DO IT
AT HOME.' WELL, YOU KNOW, IT
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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 A
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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.' I
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SAID, 'JUST TAKE IT
ONE DAY AT A TIME.' YEARS
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LATER SHE SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, THAT REALLY HELPED ME.' SO
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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.' I
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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 FLORIDA WITH A
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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.
00:11:41.60\00:11:44.47
IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT WE STOLE, JUST STEAL
00:11:44.50\00:11:46.57
SOMETHING TO SHOW
YOU WERE IN THERE.
00:11:46.60\00:11:48.67
I STOLE A TENNIS
RACQUET - JUST ANYTHING.
00:11:48.70\00:11:51.21
AND THEN THEY STARTED
DARING ME - THEY'D SAY, 'I
00:11:51.24\00:11:53.31
DARE YOU TO BREAK IN
WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE STILL
00:11:53.34\00:11:55.54
WALKING AROUND.' YOU
COULD SEE THE LIGHTS ON.
00:11:55.58\00:11:57.85
BECAUSE WE KNEW THE
DOORS WERE OPEN BECAUSE THE
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ISLAND HAD A SECURITY
GUARD SO PEOPLE WERE VERY
00:12:00.28\00:12:02.48
RELAXED AND SO WE'D
BREAK IN AND WE'D STEAL
00:12:02.52\00:12:06.69
SOMETHING. THEY
WOULD DARE ME TO JUMP
00:12:06.72\00:12:08.82
OFF THE BRIDGE INTO
THE WATER AND I WOULD DO IT
00:12:08.86\00:12:11.83
JUST, YOU KNOW,
JUST TO TRY AND GET
00:12:11.86\00:12:13.60
THEIR ATTENTION.
WELL THINGS CONTINUED TO
00:12:13.63\00:12:15.63
PROGRESSIVELY GET
WORSE WITH THE DRUGS, THE
00:12:15.66\00:12:17.93
STEALING - I BEGAN TO
BREAK INTO OTHER HOMES AND
00:12:17.97\00:12:22.44
STEALING CARS AND
RUN-INS WITH THE POLICE.
00:12:22.47\00:12:28.71
I TOOK TRAFFIC SCHOOL
SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I
00:12:28.74\00:12:30.88
EVEN HAD A LICENSE BECAUSE
OF THE PROBLEMS I GOT IN -
00:12:30.91\00:12:34.85
BUT SOMETHING
INTERESTING HAPPENED.
00:12:34.88\00:12:36.62
I FINALLY LEFT HOME WHEN
I WAS 15 AND I TOLD DAD - MY
00:12:36.65\00:12:41.42
STEP-MOTHER SAID,
'EITHER HE GOES OR I GO.' AND I
00:12:41.46\00:12:44.86
DON'T BLAME HER. I
WAS REALLY A PROBLEM.
00:12:44.89\00:12:46.96
DAD MOVED ME INTO
ONE OF HIS HOTELS.
00:12:47.00\00:12:48.56
HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
TO LIVE HERE.' THAT DIDN'T
00:12:48.60\00:12:50.57
WORK VERY LONG AND
FINALLY I SAID, 'LOOK, DAD, I'M
00:12:50.60\00:12:52.27
GOING TO GO.' AND HE
SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
00:12:52.30\00:12:54.00
DO WITH YOU. I'VE
TRIED EVERYTHING.'
00:12:54.04\00:12:55.24
AND I SAID, 'I'M JUST
GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIGURE
00:12:55.27\00:12:57.84
IT OUT BY MYSELF.' AND I LEFT.
00:12:57.87\00:12:59.94
AND I TOOK OFF
HITCHHIKING AT 15 YEARS OLD.
00:13:00.04\00:13:03.98
I WENT UP TO BOSTON.
I HAD FORGED MY DRIVER'S
00:13:04.01\00:13:06.41
LICENSE, YOU KNOW,
I WAS BORN IN 1957.
00:13:06.45\00:13:09.38
I CHANGED MY
LEARNER'S PERMIT TO '52.
00:13:09.42\00:13:12.39
I GOT A FALSE ID THAT
SAID I WAS OLDER THAN I WAS AND
00:13:12.42\00:13:16.09
SO I GOT AN APARTMENT
IN BOSTON AND I STARTED
00:13:16.12\00:13:21.06
BREAKING INTO HOMES AND
STEALING - STEALING CARS,
00:13:21.10\00:13:24.90
USING DRUGS - I HAD
A PART-TIME JOB AS A
00:13:24.93\00:13:28.47
SECURITY GUARD -
(LAUGHTER) - BELIEVE IT OR
00:13:28.50\00:13:30.34
NOT. I DID - A PLACE CALLED
00:13:30.37\00:13:33.38
BOSTON INTELLIGENCE -
AND SO I'D GUARD PLACES AT
00:13:33.41\00:13:37.58
NIGHT AND THEN I'D STEAL
DURING THE DAY BECAUSE IT
00:13:37.61\00:13:39.25
JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MOVING.
00:13:39.28\00:13:41.58
AND WHILE I WAS
LIVING LIKE THIS IN BOSTON,
00:13:41.62\00:13:45.09
GETTING INTO LOTS OF
TROUBLE, I MET A FRIEND
00:13:45.12\00:13:47.09
WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS
AND HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD
00:13:47.12\00:13:51.36
AND HE FOUND OUT ABOUT
WHAT I WAS DOING DURING
00:13:51.39\00:13:53.83
THE DAY AND I SAID,
'JERRY, ARE YOU GOING TO
00:13:53.86\00:13:55.86
TURN ME IN?' AND
HE SAID, 'OH NO, DOUG,
00:13:55.90\00:13:58.40
I DON'T NEED TO TURN YOU
IN.' HE SAID 'YOUR KARMA'S
00:13:58.43\00:14:00.14
GOING TO GET YOU.' I SAID,
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' HE SAID,
00:14:00.17\00:14:03.30
'EVERYTHING YOU DO
COMES BACK.' >>YEP.
00:14:03.34\00:14:05.57
>>I SAID, 'THERE'S
NO GOD.' I STOLE THAT
00:14:05.61\00:14:07.34
TELEVISION. I GOT RID OF IT AND
00:14:07.38\00:14:08.98
NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME.'
HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.' AND
00:14:09.01\00:14:11.91
NOT LONG AFTER HE TOLD
ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY
00:14:11.95\00:14:14.12
APARTMENT IN BOSTON
AND MY DOOR WAS OPEN.
00:14:14.15\00:14:16.55
AND I GOT MY
SCRUPLES TOGETHER AND I LOOKED
00:14:16.58\00:14:18.49
AROUND - MY TV WAS
GONE - AND MY RADIO.
00:14:18.52\00:14:22.22
AND I WAS MAD. I
CALLED THE POLICE.
00:14:22.26\00:14:23.63
I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
TO TRACK THESE GUYS DOWN.
00:14:23.66\00:14:25.26
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
THIEVES.' I SAID, 'I PAY
00:14:25.29\00:14:26.96
TAXES FOR YOU GUYS TO DO
YOUR JOB.' AND I WAS VERY
00:14:27.00\00:14:30.57
INDIGNANT. AND I STARTED
WATCHING AND I NOTICED THAT
00:14:30.60\00:14:33.40
EVERYTHING I DID
SEEMED TO BACKFIRE.
00:14:33.44\00:14:35.17
>>YEP. >>I'D
STEAL SOMETHING AND - MY
00:14:35.20\00:14:38.64
FRIENDS WERE ALL ALL THIEVES
- THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME.
00:14:38.67\00:14:41.44
OR I WOULD STEAL SOMETHING
- AND I WAS OFTEN HIGH OR
00:14:41.48\00:14:44.61
DRUNK - AND I'D HIDE IT
AND I'D SOBER UP AND SAY,
00:14:44.65\00:14:47.68
'WHERE DID I PUT THAT?'
OR I MISPLACED THE MONEY.
00:14:47.72\00:14:52.02
OR I'D STEAL SOMETHING
AND, I REMEMBER ONCE, I
00:14:52.05\00:14:55.02
JUST RISKED MY LIFE. I
STOLE THIS STEREO, I GOT
00:14:55.06\00:14:57.53
BACK, I PLUGGED IT IN - IT
WAS BROKEN. IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK.
00:14:57.56\00:15:00.56
(LAUGHTER) AND I STARTED
THINKING, 'THERE MUST BE A
00:15:00.60\00:15:04.47
GOD.' YOU KNOW, JESUS
SAID, 'DO UNTO OTHERS AS
00:15:04.50\00:15:06.97
YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO
UNTO YOU' AND IT SEEMED
00:15:07.00\00:15:08.64
LIKE EVERYTHING I DID
IT WAS BACKFIRING ON ME.
00:15:08.67\00:15:11.31
WHAT CONVINCED ME,
FINALLY, WAS A LITTLE THING.
00:15:11.34\00:15:14.58
I WENT TO SOMEONE'S
HOUSE - I DIDN'T QUIT STEALING
00:15:14.61\00:15:17.71
IMMEDIATELY, I
KIND OF TAPERED OFF.
00:15:17.75\00:15:20.25
I WENT TO SOMEONE'S
HOUSE AND I STOLE A BOX OF
00:15:20.28\00:15:21.85
KRUSTEAZ INSTANT PANCAKE
MIX (LAUGHTER) AND I KNOW
00:15:21.88\00:15:25.62
THIS SOUNDS REALLY DUMB
BUT, I DID IT BECAUSE IT
00:15:25.65\00:15:28.56
WAS WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.
00:15:28.59\00:15:31.59
(LAUGHTER) NOW YOU'VE
GOT TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW
00:15:31.63\00:15:33.73
DUMB THIS IS. I AM DRINKING, I'M
00:15:33.76\00:15:35.33
SMOKING, I'M USING
DRUGS, BUT I WAS A HIPPIE AND I
00:15:35.36\00:15:37.73
THOUGHT, 'I'LL JUST USE
WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.'
00:15:37.77\00:15:40.44
(LAUGHTER) THEY HAD THIS
BRAND-NEW BOX OF KRUSTEAZ
00:15:40.47\00:15:44.01
INSTANT PANCAKE MIX AND
THIS WAS BACK BEFORE THEY
00:15:44.04\00:15:46.37
HAD THE BAR CODES
AND THEY HAD THE LITTLE
00:15:46.41\00:15:48.08
ROUND STAMP ON TOP.
THEY'D STAMP THE TOP WITH
00:15:48.11\00:15:49.91
THE PRICE - LITTLE
CIRCLE - $1.19 - I STOLE IT.
00:15:49.94\00:15:53.65
THAT DAY, I WENT BACK TO
MY HOUSE AND SOME FRIENDS
00:15:53.68\00:15:56.15
HAD COME BY WHILE I WASN'T HOME.
00:15:56.18\00:15:57.85
I HAD JUST BOUGHT A
BRAND-NEW JAR OF TANG
00:15:57.89\00:15:59.65
INSTANT BREAKFAST
DRINK. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT?
00:15:59.69\00:16:01.99
MY FRIENDS DRANK THE
ENTIRE JAR AND THERE, BY
00:16:02.02\00:16:07.13
THE EMPTY JAR, WAS THE LID
AND THE LID WAS STAMPED $1.19.
00:16:07.20\00:16:11.60
AND I LOOKED AT THE
PANCAKE MIX AND I LOOKED
00:16:11.63\00:16:13.27
AT THE LID AND I
THOUGHT, 'CRIME DOESN'T PAY.'
00:16:13.30\00:16:15.10
(LAUGHTER) I STARTED
THINKING THERE MUST BE A
00:16:15.14\00:16:16.84
GOD. SO I BEGAN TO SEARCH.
00:16:16.87\00:16:19.14
SO I STARTED GETTING
INTO ALL THESE EASTERN
00:16:19.17\00:16:20.94
RELIGIONS AND BUDDHISM -
THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS
00:16:20.98\00:16:23.28
OF THE BEATLES AND
EVERYBODY WAS MEDITATING
00:16:23.31\00:16:25.01
AND THE EASTERN RELIGIONS
WERE VERY INTRIGUING IN
00:16:25.05\00:16:27.92
AMERICA AND SO I WAS
MEDITATING AND I WAS - I
00:16:27.95\00:16:31.32
GOT INTO SOMETHING
CALLED THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF
00:16:31.35\00:16:33.62
DNA AND I TOOK A
LITTLE BIT OF, KIND OF, THE
00:16:33.66\00:16:36.73
JEWISH HERITAGE AND
MIXED THAT IN AND, OF COURSE,
00:16:36.76\00:16:40.00
I'D GONE TO CATHOLIC
SCHOOL AND SO I KIND OF
00:16:40.03\00:16:41.83
MADE THIS BIG OLD
POTLUCK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:16:41.86\00:16:44.40
RELIGIONS WITH MYSELF AS
MY OWN LITTLE POPE TRYING
00:16:44.43\00:16:47.34
TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL AND I
00:16:47.37\00:16:50.24
- I, YOU KNOW, I'D QUOTE
SUDDENLY FROM ONE RELIGION
00:16:50.27\00:16:52.11
AND THEN FROM ANOTHER
RELIGION AND WHILE ALL
00:16:52.14\00:16:53.84
THIS WAS HAPPENING, I
WAS SO SPIRITUAL AND SO
00:16:53.88\00:16:55.68
RELIGIOUS, I'M STILL
USING DRUGS AND DRINKING.
00:16:55.71\00:17:00.12
I'M STILL A SLAVE TO MY SINS.
00:17:00.15\00:17:02.48
IT HADN'T MADE ME ANY BETTER.
00:17:02.52\00:17:04.59
WELL, ABOUT THIS TIME,
MY FATHER FLEW TO BOSTON AND
00:17:04.62\00:17:09.79
HE MADE A SPECIAL TRIP
AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU NEED
00:17:09.82\00:17:13.26
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR LIFE.'
00:17:13.29\00:17:16.83
MY BROTHER, FALCON, WAS SICK.
00:17:16.87\00:17:19.00
HE COULDN'T TAKE OVER
THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND I HAD
00:17:19.03\00:17:22.24
A STEP-BROTHER FROM
DAD'S THIRD WIFE, BETTY, AND HE
00:17:22.27\00:17:26.57
WAS STARTING TO
DO IT. HE COULDN'T.
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.28
DAD SAID, 'YOU'RE
THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY.
00:17:28.31\00:17:30.41
YOU NEED AN EDUCATION.'
HE SAID, 'DOUG, I FOUND A
00:17:30.45\00:17:32.61
GOOD SCHOOL.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.'
00:17:32.65\00:17:34.25
HE SAID, YOU LIKE ADVENTURE?
THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT'S ON
00:17:34.28\00:17:36.32
A BOAT.' IT WAS CALLED
THE FLINT SCHOOL - THERE WERE
00:17:36.35\00:17:39.92
TWO SCHOOLS LIKE THIS
IN THE WORLD BACK THEN.
00:17:39.95\00:17:41.76
ONE THEY MADE A MOVIE
OUT OF CALLED WHITE SQUALL -
00:17:41.79\00:17:44.33
THAT WAS AN ALL-BOYS' SCHOOL.
00:17:44.36\00:17:45.23
THIS ONE WAS CO-ED.
AND SO HE SAID, 'OH,
00:17:45.26\00:17:47.46
YOU'LL LOVE IT.'
AND HE PLED WITH ME.
00:17:47.50\00:17:49.23
I SAID, 'OKAY.' SOMEHOW
HE GOT ME A PASSPORT, FLEW ME
00:17:49.26\00:17:52.77
TO MILAN, ITALY, PUT
ME ON THIS BOAT - IT WAS
00:17:52.80\00:17:58.24
ACTUALLY TWO SAILBOATS
THAT SAILED TOGETHER, IT
00:17:58.27\00:18:01.24
WAS CALLED THE FLINT
SCHOOL AND AFTER WE LEFT I
00:18:01.28\00:18:04.71
REALIZED I'D SORT OF BEEN
TRICKED BECAUSE THIS WAS A
00:18:04.75\00:18:07.22
VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL FOR
THE CHILDREN OF POLITICIANS
00:18:07.25\00:18:11.95
AND MILLIONAIRES TO
GET THEM OUT OF THEIR
00:18:11.99\00:18:14.76
ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF KIDS
00:18:14.79\00:18:16.22
GETTING MIXED UP
WITH MOONIES AND CULTS AND
00:18:16.26\00:18:18.26
DRUGS BACK THEN AND
THEY GOT THEM OUT OF THE
00:18:18.29\00:18:20.66
ENVIRONMENT AND PUT
THEM IN A CONTROLLED
00:18:20.70\00:18:22.60
ENVIRONMENT, TAUGHT
THEM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS
00:18:22.63\00:18:25.43
PRINCIPLES, BUT
THEY TAUGHT ATHEISM.
00:18:25.47\00:18:28.60
NOW I'M VERY SPIRITUAL
AND THEY'RE SHOWING FILMS OF
00:18:28.64\00:18:30.27
DARWIN. THEY'RE
TELLING US TO READ
00:18:30.31\00:18:31.71
THE BOOKS OF AYN RAND -
ATLAS SHRUGGED - I DON'T
00:18:31.74\00:18:33.94
KNOW IF YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT STUFF.
00:18:33.98\00:18:35.54
IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU'RE
GOD AND THE CAPTAIN SAID,
00:18:35.58\00:18:38.11
'LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO HAVE - YOU HAVE TO EAT ON
00:18:38.15\00:18:40.15
THE FLOOR IF YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO PARTICIPATE.' AND
00:18:40.18\00:18:41.95
SO I'D SAY, 'FINE.'
I'D EAT ON THE FLOOR.
00:18:41.98\00:18:43.32
I DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL
AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU'RE
00:18:43.35\00:18:47.19
GOING TO HAVE TO STAY
IN YOUR ROOM.' AND I HAD MY
00:18:47.22\00:18:48.56
FRIENDS BRINGING ME FOOD
AND IT JUST - THIS WENT ON
00:18:48.59\00:18:51.06
FOR TWO MONTHS. SO WE HAD
AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
00:18:51.09\00:18:55.76
WE WERE SAILING FROM
NORTHERN AFRICA - TUNIS,
00:18:55.80\00:18:59.47
AFRICA - OVER TO
PORT OF MAHON, SPAIN.
00:18:59.50\00:19:02.80
AND ON THE WAY
ACROSS WE ENCOUNTERED JUST A
00:19:02.84\00:19:05.27
TERRIBLE STORM AND
WATER WAS COMING IN.
00:19:05.31\00:19:09.54
THE MAIN SAIL
RIPPED. THE WIND WAS HOWLING.
00:19:09.58\00:19:12.65
CAPTAIN WAS SEA SICK.
THE WATER WAS COLD - IT
00:19:12.68\00:19:17.42
WAS CHRISTMAS TIME - AND
WHAT DO YOU THINK ATHEISTS
00:19:17.45\00:19:20.06
DO WHEN THEY THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO DIE?
00:19:20.09\00:19:22.39
>>PRAY. >>THEY STARTED PRAYING.
00:19:22.42\00:19:25.79
AND I WAS DOING SOME PRAYING.
00:19:25.83\00:19:27.76
AND - YOU MAKE PROMISES.
YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
00:19:27.76\00:19:30.30
DOING WRONG WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
00:19:30.33\00:19:32.27
AND SO, OF COURSE FEAR IS
THE WRONG REASON TO SERVE GOD.
00:19:32.30\00:19:36.97
AS SOON AS THE STORM
WAS OVER WE FORGOT ALL ABOUT
00:19:37.01\00:19:39.21
THE PRAYERS AND THE PROMISES.
00:19:39.24\00:19:40.94
I MANAGED TO CONVINCE
THE CAPTAIN, 'LOOK, I'LL
00:19:40.98\00:19:44.28
COOPERATE FOR THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
00:19:44.31\00:19:47.32
BREAK IF YOU JUST LET
ME GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
00:19:47.35\00:19:49.42
BREAK. AND THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS
00:19:49.45\00:19:51.19
TO GET RID OF ME, HE
CALLED MY DAD AND SAID,
00:19:51.22\00:19:52.99
'YOU'VE GOT A DEAL.'
AND TOLD MR. BATCHELOR, 'WE
00:19:53.02\00:19:55.56
THINK DOUG'S
SHOWN GREAT PROGRESS.
00:19:55.59\00:19:56.99
WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.'
00:19:57.03\00:19:59.26
BECAUSE MY DAD HAD TO
PAY THE WHOLE YEAR UP FRONT,
00:19:59.29\00:20:01.33
THEY DIDN'T
CARE. THEY JUST WANTED
00:20:01.36\00:20:02.20
TO GET RID OF ME. SO
I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE
00:20:02.23\00:20:04.70
IN MADRID, SPAIN,
ORDERED BEER AND GOT A PACK OF
00:20:04.73\00:20:08.94
CIGARETTES AND TOLD
THEM, I SAID, 'YOU WILL NEVER
00:20:08.97\00:20:10.47
SEE ME AGAIN.'
AND THEY NEVER DID.
00:20:10.51\00:20:12.74
I GOT BACK TO THE
STATES, WENT ON A SKI VACATION
00:20:12.77\00:20:16.01
WITH DAD, WHEN IT WAS
TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL I RAN
00:20:16.04\00:20:18.38
AWAY FOR THE LAST TIME
AND I WENT HITCHHIKING ACROSS
00:20:18.41\00:20:20.92
THE COUNTRY TO A
PLACE I FOUND WHEN I WAS 15.
00:20:20.95\00:20:23.49
IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE
PALM SPRINGS THERE'S A VERY
00:20:23.52\00:20:25.55
TALL 10,000-FOOT MOUNTAIN
CALLED MOUNT SAN JACINTO.
00:20:25.59\00:20:29.56
HALFWAY UP THIS MOUNTAIN
THERE'S A CAVE - THERE'S
00:20:29.59\00:20:33.40
SOME - SEVERAL CAVES UP
THERE - AND I SAID, 'I'M
00:20:33.43\00:20:36.13
GOING TO FIND GOD IN
NATURE.' NOW ON MY WAY OUT
00:20:36.16\00:20:40.04
TO PALM SPRINGS,
SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED.
00:20:40.07\00:20:43.41
I GOT STUCK ON THE
HIGHWAY IN OKLAHOMA.
00:20:43.44\00:20:48.64
I WAS COLD, HUNGRY, ALL
THESE TRUCKS WERE GOING BY
00:20:48.68\00:20:53.48
AND I WAS A LITTLE
HUNG OVER AND I WAS
00:20:53.52\00:20:56.89
DESPERATE AND I SAID,
'YOU KNOW, I OUGHT TO TRY
00:20:56.92\00:20:59.02
PRAYING.' AND AFTER
STANDING THERE FOR EIGHT
00:20:59.05\00:21:01.86
HOURS FREEZING - BECAUSE
I HAD FLORIDA CLOTHING ON -
00:21:01.89\00:21:04.23
IT WAS DECEMBER IN
OKLAHOMA AND IT WAS
00:21:04.26\00:21:05.96
FREEZING COLD. I
PRAYED AND I SAID,
00:21:05.99\00:21:08.60
'LORD, I KNOW I'VE
BEEN A TERRIBLE PERSON.
00:21:08.63\00:21:10.77
IF YOU'RE THERE,
WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME?
00:21:10.80\00:21:14.10
AND I NEED HELP WITH
FOUR THINGS.' I SAID, 'PLEASE
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.30
HELP ME TO GET A RIDE
TO WHERE I'M GOING.' I HAD
00:21:16.34\00:21:19.04
LIKE 1,500 MILES TO GO.
00:21:19.07\00:21:20.61
I SAID, 'PLEASE HELP
ME GET SOME FOOD.' I WAS
00:21:20.64\00:21:22.74
HUNGRY. 'HELP
ME GET SOME MONEY.'
00:21:22.78\00:21:25.18
I LOST ALL MY MONEY
DRINKING AND PLAYING
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POOL THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AND THEN I PRAYED FOR A
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RIDE WITH SOMEONE
NORMAL, BECAUSE I WAS GETTING
00:21:29.25\00:21:32.82
PICKED UP BY SOME
VERY STRANGE CHARACTERS.
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AS SOON AS I FINISHED
PRAYING, THE NEXT VEHICLE
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GOING BY STOPPED, PICKED
ME UP, TOOK ME ALL THE WAY
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TO MY DESTINATION IN
PALM SPRINGS, AND PREACHED TO
00:21:41.30\00:21:43.90
ME ALL THE WAY OUT
THERE, WHICH I DIDN'T ASK FOR.
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THEY GAVE ME $40.00
WHEN THEY DROPPED ME OFF.
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THEY BOUGHT MY
FOOD ALL THE WAY OUT.
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EVERYTHING I
PRAYED FOR, GOD GAVE ME.
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I THOUGHT, 'WHAT A
COINCIDENCE.' (LAUGHTER)
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BUT I HAD TO LISTEN TO
HIM OR JUMP OUT OF THE CAR.
00:21:56.98\00:22:00.38
SO I LISTENED TO HIM AND
I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, THE
00:22:00.42\00:22:01.82
BIBLE'S A FAIRY TALE.
NOW I'M GOING TO FIND GOD
00:22:01.85\00:22:04.45
THROUGH NATURE.' SO I
MOVED UP INTO THIS CAVE
00:22:04.49\00:22:08.22
WAY UP IN THESE
DESERT MOUNTAINS AND I JUST
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.53
DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE.
00:22:10.56\00:22:11.79
I WAS SO TIRED OF THE
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY
00:22:11.83\00:22:13.40
AND I DIDN'T GET
ALONG WITH PEOPLE.
00:22:13.43\00:22:15.13
I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING
TO SEE IF I CAN FIND GOD
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.70
THROUGH NATURE.' WELL,
THE MIRACLE IS, WHEN I MOVED
00:22:16.73\00:22:19.37
INTO THIS CAVE, THERE
WAS A BIBLE THAT SOMEONE HAD
00:22:19.40\00:22:22.27
LEFT IN THE CAVE UP THERE
IN THE HILLS AND I FINALLY
00:22:22.30\00:22:25.47
STARTED READING THE
BIBLE SO I COULD ARGUE WITH
00:22:25.51\00:22:27.68
CHRISTIANS. AND,
YOU KNOW, I SAID,
00:22:27.71\00:22:32.45
'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.'
BUT AS I KEPT READING, I
00:22:32.48\00:22:34.95
REALIZED IT IS
TRUE. AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT
00:22:34.98\00:22:39.02
HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?'
YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE
00:22:39.05\00:22:41.59
ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT
JESUS REALLY LIVED.
00:22:41.62\00:22:44.06
AND I THOUGHT EITHER
JESUS WAS CRAZY OR HE WAS A LIAR
00:22:44.09\00:22:50.70
OR HE'S THE LORD. HE
DIDN'T LIE. HE WASN'T CRAZY.
00:22:50.73\00:22:55.40
MAYBE GOD DID BECOME A
MAN TO SAVE US AND THAT
00:22:55.44\00:22:59.71
THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES.
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.81
SO UP THERE IN THE CAVE I
FINALLY DECIDED, YOU KNOW,
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.71
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE.
00:23:04.75\00:23:07.08
I GOT ON MY KNEES, I
SAID, 'LORD, I'M A MESS.
00:23:07.12\00:23:09.85
WILL YOU COME INTO MY
HEART AND GIVE ME SOME
00:23:09.88\00:23:11.52
PURPOSE FOR LIVING?'
AND I WAS AS FAR AWAY FROM
00:23:11.55\00:23:15.19
GOD AS A PERSON COULD
BE. I'M RUNNING AROUND NAKED
00:23:15.22\00:23:17.19
UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
I'M EATING OUT OF GARBAGE
00:23:17.23\00:23:18.73
CANS, USING DRUGS,
SMOKING, LYING, STEALING -
00:23:18.76\00:23:20.63
I MEAN, I WAS A BIG ZERO
- AND I SAID, 'LORD, WILL
00:23:20.66\00:23:24.57
YOU GIVE ME SOME
PURPOSE FOR LIVING?'
00:23:24.60\00:23:26.74
AND I FELT HIM FORGIVE MY SINS.
00:23:26.77\00:23:28.60
HE CAME INTO MY HEART
AND EVERYTHING BEGAN TO
00:23:28.64\00:23:31.11
CHANGE. NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT
00:23:31.14\00:23:32.44
THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN.
ONE QUICK STORY, BEFORE WE
00:23:32.47\00:23:34.98
RUN OUT OF TIME, I WAS
SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GOSPEL
00:23:35.01\00:23:38.88
AND THE CHANGES GOD WAS
MAKING IN MY LIFE, I SAID,
00:23:38.91\00:23:41.35
'LORD, I'M WILLING TO
TELL PEOPLE, BUT I'M A HERMIT.
00:23:41.38\00:23:44.79
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IF
00:23:44.82\00:23:45.79
YOU - I FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TEACH AND
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.99
PREACH TO OTHERS
ABOUT YOU.' BECAUSE I WAS SO
00:23:48.02\00:23:50.06
EXCITED I SAID,
'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME
00:23:50.09\00:23:52.39
KNOW.' NOT LONG AFTER
I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I
00:23:52.43\00:23:55.33
CALLED MY MOM IN BEVERLY HILLS.
00:23:55.36\00:23:57.03
SHE SAID, 'DOUG,
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE
00:23:57.07\00:23:58.27
THIS, BUT I HAD LUNCH
WITH SOMEONE FROM NBC.
00:23:58.30\00:24:01.37
THEY WANT TO FLY UP TO
YOUR CAVE IN A HELICOPTER
00:24:01.40\00:24:04.07
AND INTERVIEW YOU.'
RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED AND SAID,
00:24:04.11\00:24:06.81
'LORD, IF YOU WANT ME
TO WITNESS FOR YOU, YOU LET
00:24:06.84\00:24:08.38
ME KNOW.' THIS IS A
PICTURE OF MY MOM AT MY
00:24:08.41\00:24:10.28
CAVE. SHE FLEW
UP IN A HELICOPTER.
00:24:10.31\00:24:12.18
THEY DID A NATIONAL
INTERVIEW. IT WAS ALL OVER THE
00:24:12.21\00:24:14.32
COUNTRY THAT DAY. MY FRIENDS
IN JAIL SAID THEY SAW IT THREE
00:24:14.35\00:24:17.25
TIMES IN ONE DAY.
(LAUGHTER) AND SO, FROM
00:24:17.29\00:24:21.76
THAT TIME TO THIS,
GOD'S JUST OPENED DOORS FOR ME
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.93
TO BE SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.89
HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:24:25.93\00:24:27.93
THIS IS A PICTURE OF -
I'VE BEEN BACK TO THE CAVE
00:24:27.96\00:24:29.76
SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
00:24:29.80\00:24:32.27
THIS IS OUR SON MICAH
WHEN HE WAS LIKE SEVEN
00:24:32.30\00:24:34.20
YEARS OLD. HE
HIKED UP THERE WITH ME.
00:24:34.24\00:24:35.47
THIS IS THE WATERFALL
AND THE POOL RIGHT OUTSIDE MY
00:24:35.50\00:24:37.27
CAVE. I WENT BACK
UP WITH THE WHOLE CREW.
00:24:37.31\00:24:39.81
THAT'S KAREN IN THE
MIDDLE WITH STEPHEN AND - I WENT
00:24:39.84\00:24:44.01
BACK ONE YEAR AND I
ACTUALLY BROUGHT ANOTHER
00:24:44.05\00:24:45.81
BIBLE AND I LEFT IT IN
THE CAVE - JUST IN CASE.
00:24:45.85\00:24:49.22
KIND OF A LITTLE
SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I DID.
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.75
BUT MY IMMEDIATE
FAMILY IS ALL PASSED AWAY.
00:24:51.79\00:24:56.93
MY FATHER, MY MOTHER - I
WAS WITH MOM WHEN SHE DIED.
00:24:56.96\00:24:59.43
I WAS WITH MY
BROTHER WHEN HE DIED.
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.33
AND I REMEMBER I WAS
OUT WALKING WITH MY BROTHER
00:25:01.36\00:25:04.77
ONE DAY - FALCON WENT TO SCHOOL.
00:25:04.80\00:25:07.14
HE GOT A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
HE TRIED TO WORK FOR DAD
00:25:07.17\00:25:09.14
AS LONG AS HIS
HEALTH WOULD PERMIT.
00:25:09.17\00:25:11.11
AND YOU CAN TELL I'M THE
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY.
00:25:11.14\00:25:14.04
THIS WAS AT MY
BROTHER'S WEDDING.
00:25:14.08\00:25:16.21
I KIND OF HAD TO COME
OUT OF THE CAVE AND YOU COULD
00:25:16.24\00:25:17.81
TELL. AND I WAS WALKING WITH MY
00:25:17.85\00:25:22.38
BROTHER ONE DAY AND
HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.09
LUCKY.' AND I THOUGHT,
'WOW.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT
00:25:25.12\00:25:29.36
THE HOUSE IN MIAMI
BEACH ON THE WATER.
00:25:29.39\00:25:31.19
YOU'VE GOT THE BOAT.
YOU'VE GOT THE NEW CARS.
00:25:31.23\00:25:34.20
YOU'VE GOT ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE WORLD WANTS.'
00:25:34.20\00:25:37.57
HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
LUCKY.' HE SAID, 'I'D GIVE
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.07
EVERYTHING I HAVE IF I
COULD HAVE YOUR LUNGS AND
00:25:41.10\00:25:43.57
LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.'
HE SAID, 'GOD ISN'T FAIR.' -
00:25:43.61\00:25:47.14
MY BROTHER SAID - HE
SAID, 'I'M SO SMART BUT I'M
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.25
SICK.' AND HE SAID,
'YOU'RE SO HEALTHY BUT
00:25:50.28\00:25:53.42
YOU'RE STUPID.' (LAUGHTER)
AND, YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER,
00:25:53.45\00:26:01.32
HE BASICALLY
SAID, 'I KNOW I'M DYING.
00:26:01.36\00:26:06.49
I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING
IF I COULD LIVE A LITTLE
00:26:06.53\00:26:09.00
LONGER. I
WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY
00:26:09.03\00:26:11.40
OF THE STUFF - ANY OF
THE FAME - IF I COULD JUST
00:26:11.43\00:26:13.74
LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.'
AND I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU
00:26:13.77\00:26:16.97
WANT ME TO PRAY WITH
YOU?' HE USED TO TEASE ME WHEN
00:26:17.01\00:26:18.31
I PRAYED, 'OH YEAH,' HE
SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE GOING
00:26:18.34\00:26:20.68
TO PRAY OVER THE FOOD. GO AHEAD.
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.18
RUB A DUB DUB, THANKS
FOR THE GRUB.' HE USED TO
00:26:22.21\00:26:23.78
TEASE - (LAUGHTER) -
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS
00:26:23.81\00:26:26.41
DYING I SAID, 'FALCON,
DO YOU WANT ME TO PRAY?'
00:26:26.45\00:26:29.38
HE SAID, 'YES,
PLEASE.' AND WHAT PROFIT IS
00:26:29.42\00:26:33.32
IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD?
00:26:33.36\00:26:34.72
IF YOU'RE FAMOUS - IF
YOU'VE GOT FORTUNE - IF
00:26:34.76\00:26:36.12
YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE,
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.86
MY BROTHER WOULD GIVE
EVERYTHING FOR A LITTLE
00:26:38.89\00:26:40.36
MORE OF THIS LIFE AND
YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE RELUCTANT
00:26:40.40\00:26:44.00
TO LET GO AND LET
JESUS TAKE OUR LIVES AND HAVE
00:26:44.03\00:26:47.67
ETERNAL LIFE. (MUSIC)
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>>SO WHAT IS THE
TRUTH? WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND
00:26:54.24\00:26:57.05
THE ANSWERS
REGARDING THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
00:26:57.08\00:26:59.88
I SEARCHED, TRYING
EVERYTHING I COULD FIND.
00:26:59.91\00:27:02.55
I LOOKED THROUGH A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND
00:27:02.58\00:27:05.02
WHAT REALLY MADE THE
DIFFERENCE FOR ME IS WHEN
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.36
I FINALLY PICKED UP A BIBLE.
00:27:07.39\00:27:09.79
I THOUGHT IT WAS A
COLLECTION OF FAIRY TALES.
00:27:09.82\00:27:12.06
I CAME TO FIND OUT
THERE'S A REASON THIS IS THE
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