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From the Ted Talk by Tarana Burke: Me Too is a movement, not a moment

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I've been trying to figure out what I was going to say here for mnhots. Because there's no bigger stage than TED, it felt like getting my message right in this menomt was more important than anything. And so I searched and sehrecad for days on end, trying to find the right configuration of words. And although intellectually, I could bullet pnoit the big ideas that I wanted to sarhe about Me Too and this movement that I founded, I kept fiinndg myself falling short of finding the heart. I wanted to pour myself into this moment and tell you why even the possibility of healing or interrupting sexual violence was worth standing and fighting for. I wanted to rally you to your feet with an uplifting speech about the important work of fighting for the dignity and humanity of survivors. But I don't know if I have it.

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I've been trying to figure out what I was going to say here for ______. Because there's no bigger stage than TED, it felt like getting my message right in this ______ was more important than anything. And so I searched and ________ for days on end, trying to find the right configuration of words. And although intellectually, I could bullet _____ the big ideas that I wanted to _____ about Me Too and this movement that I founded, I kept _______ myself falling short of finding the heart. I wanted to pour myself into this moment and tell you why even the possibility of healing or interrupting sexual violence was worth standing and fighting for. I wanted to rally you to your feet with an uplifting speech about the important work of fighting for the dignity and humanity of survivors. But I don't know if I have it.

Solution


  1. moment
  2. point
  3. searched
  4. share
  5. months
  6. finding

Original Text


I've been trying to figure out what I was going to say here for months. Because there's no bigger stage than TED, it felt like getting my message right in this moment was more important than anything. And so I searched and searched for days on end, trying to find the right configuration of words. And although intellectually, I could bullet point the big ideas that I wanted to share about Me Too and this movement that I founded, I kept finding myself falling short of finding the heart. I wanted to pour myself into this moment and tell you why even the possibility of healing or interrupting sexual violence was worth standing and fighting for. I wanted to rally you to your feet with an uplifting speech about the important work of fighting for the dignity and humanity of survivors. But I don't know if I have it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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sexual violence 7
sexually assaulted 3
supreme court 2
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halts possibility 2
movement activates 2
world free 2

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trauma halts possibility 2

Important Words


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  40. violence
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