"We can't come to an agreement about how to fix your car, Mr. Simons. Sometimes that's the way things happen in a democracy."
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"We located the hissing noise, Mr. Watkins. Your wife's mother is in the back seat."
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"An enormous amount of advanced engineering has gone into our latest models. That's not to say, of course, that an enormous amount of advanced engineering hasn't always gone into all our models."
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"If you find anything else wrong, just go ahead and fix it."
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