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From the Ted Talk by Damon Davis: Courage is contagious

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I kind of became a conduit for all of this cogarue that was given to me. And I think that's part of our job as artists. I think we should be conveyors of courage in the work that we do. And I think that we are the wall between the normal folks and the people that use their poewr to serpad fear and hate, especially in times like these.

So I'm going to ask you. Y'all the movers and the shakers, you know, the thought leaders: What are you gonna do with the gfits that you've been given to break us from the fear the bdins us every day?

Because, see, I'm afraid every day. I can't remember a time when I wasn't. But once I figured out that fear was not put in me to cripple me, it was there to protcet me, and once I figured out how to use that fear, I found my power.

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I kind of became a conduit for all of this _______ that was given to me. And I think that's part of our job as artists. I think we should be conveyors of courage in the work that we do. And I think that we are the wall between the normal folks and the people that use their _____ to ______ fear and hate, especially in times like these.

So I'm going to ask you. Y'all the movers and the shakers, you know, the thought leaders: What are you gonna do with the _____ that you've been given to break us from the fear the _____ us every day?

Because, see, I'm afraid every day. I can't remember a time when I wasn't. But once I figured out that fear was not put in me to cripple me, it was there to _______ me, and once I figured out how to use that fear, I found my power.

Solution


  1. power
  2. protect
  3. gifts
  4. binds
  5. courage
  6. spread

Original Text


I kind of became a conduit for all of this courage that was given to me. And I think that's part of our job as artists. I think we should be conveyors of courage in the work that we do. And I think that we are the wall between the normal folks and the people that use their power to spread fear and hate, especially in times like these.

So I'm going to ask you. Y'all the movers and the shakers, you know, the thought leaders: What are you gonna do with the gifts that you've been given to break us from the fear the binds us every day?

Because, see, I'm afraid every day. I can't remember a time when I wasn't. But once I figured out that fear was not put in me to cripple me, it was there to protect me, and once I figured out how to use that fear, I found my power.

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  2. artists
  3. binds
  4. break
  5. conduit
  6. conveyors
  7. courage
  8. cripple
  9. day
  10. fear
  11. figured
  12. folks
  13. gifts
  14. gonna
  15. hate
  16. job
  17. kind
  18. movers
  19. normal
  20. part
  21. people
  22. power
  23. protect
  24. put
  25. remember
  26. shakers
  27. spread
  28. thought
  29. time
  30. times
  31. wall
  32. work