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From the Ted Talk by Bob Inglis: American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how

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So I've got a sgotuesign for you then: lead ... now. Step out, step up. You know, we ask America's best to die on literal hlils in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it too much to ask you to die a fviirgutae death on a political hill in Washington, DC? You know, at the end of your time in Washington, they're going to take this plaque off the door. They're going to hand it to you; you're going to go home with it. Can you imagine the enitspems of knowing that you stood for nothing, that you risk nothing, that all you did was flolow fearful people to where they were already going rather than trying to lead them to a better place? If you're not willing to lose your seat in crensgos, there's really very little reason to be there.

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So I've got a __________ for you then: lead ... now. Step out, step up. You know, we ask America's best to die on literal _____ in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it too much to ask you to die a __________ death on a political hill in Washington, DC? You know, at the end of your time in Washington, they're going to take this plaque off the door. They're going to hand it to you; you're going to go home with it. Can you imagine the _________ of knowing that you stood for nothing, that you risk nothing, that all you did was ______ fearful people to where they were already going rather than trying to lead them to a better place? If you're not willing to lose your seat in ________, there's really very little reason to be there.

Solution


  1. follow
  2. emptiness
  3. figurative
  4. suggestion
  5. hills
  6. congress

Original Text


So I've got a suggestion for you then: lead ... now. Step out, step up. You know, we ask America's best to die on literal hills in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it too much to ask you to die a figurative death on a political hill in Washington, DC? You know, at the end of your time in Washington, they're going to take this plaque off the door. They're going to hand it to you; you're going to go home with it. Can you imagine the emptiness of knowing that you stood for nothing, that you risk nothing, that all you did was follow fearful people to where they were already going rather than trying to lead them to a better place? If you're not willing to lose your seat in Congress, there's really very little reason to be there.

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