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From the Ted Talk by David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything

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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much! You could cry about this." I really didn't. I just instead said, "I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... " And I appreciate this moment to come up on this stage with so many pleope who've already given me so much solace, and just say to TEDsters: I'm proud of me. That I take something bad, I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this, all these peiecs. That's atrhur Leipzig's original photograph I loved. I was a big record ctleloocr — the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you, film burns. Film burns. I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film. The negatives are gone.

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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much! You could cry about this." I really didn't. I just instead said, "I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... " And I appreciate this moment to come up on this stage with so many ______ who've already given me so much solace, and just say to TEDsters: I'm proud of me. That I take something bad, I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this, all these ______. That's ______ Leipzig's original photograph I loved. I was a big record _________ — the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you, film burns. Film burns. I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film. The negatives are gone.

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  1. collector
  2. pieces
  3. arthur
  4. people

Original Text


So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much! You could cry about this." I really didn't. I just instead said, "I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... " And I appreciate this moment to come up on this stage with so many people who've already given me so much solace, and just say to TEDsters: I'm proud of me. That I take something bad, I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this, all these pieces. That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved. I was a big record collector — the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you, film burns. Film burns. I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film. The negatives are gone.

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Important Words


  1. arthur
  2. bad
  3. big
  4. boy
  5. burns
  6. collector
  7. cry
  8. film
  9. good
  10. loved
  11. man
  12. moment
  13. negatives
  14. original
  15. people
  16. photograph
  17. pieces
  18. proud
  19. record
  20. records
  21. safety
  22. solace
  23. stage
  24. started
  25. turn
  26. year