1 00:00:24,580 --> 00:00:28,300 president Faust members of the Harvard 3 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:28,310 president Faust members of the Harvard 4 00:00:28,310 --> 00:00:31,019 president Faust members of the Harvard corporation and the Board of Overseers 5 00:00:31,019 --> 00:00:31,029 corporation and the Board of Overseers 6 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:34,920 corporation and the Board of Overseers members of the faculty proud parents and 7 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:34,930 members of the faculty proud parents and 8 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:39,189 members of the faculty proud parents and above all graduates the first thing I 9 00:00:39,189 --> 00:00:39,199 above all graduates the first thing I 10 00:00:39,199 --> 00:00:41,220 above all graduates the first thing I would like to say is thank you 11 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:41,230 would like to say is thank you 12 00:00:41,230 --> 00:00:43,810 would like to say is thank you not only has half had given me an 13 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:43,820 not only has half had given me an 14 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:46,630 not only has half had given me an extraordinary honor but the weeks of 15 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:46,640 extraordinary honor but the weeks of 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,880 extraordinary honor but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the 17 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:51,890 fear and nausea I have endured at the 18 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:53,740 fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement 19 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:53,750 thought of giving this commencement 20 00:00:53,750 --> 00:01:01,530 thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight a 21 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:01,540 22 23 00:01:01,540 --> 00:01:06,340 win-win situation now all I have to do 24 00:01:06,340 --> 00:01:06,350 win-win situation now all I have to do 25 00:01:06,350 --> 00:01:08,830 win-win situation now all I have to do is take deep breaths squint at the red 26 00:01:08,830 --> 00:01:08,840 is take deep breaths squint at the red 27 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,250 is take deep breaths squint at the red banners and convince myself than up that 28 00:01:12,250 --> 00:01:12,260 banners and convince myself than up that 29 00:01:12,260 --> 00:01:14,289 banners and convince myself than up that I am at the world's largest Gryffindor 30 00:01:14,289 --> 00:01:14,299 I am at the world's largest Gryffindor 31 00:01:14,299 --> 00:01:24,910 I am at the world's largest Gryffindor reunion 32 00:01:24,910 --> 00:01:24,920 33 34 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,230 delivering a commencement address is a 35 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:27,240 delivering a commencement address is a 36 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,410 delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility or so I thought 37 00:01:30,410 --> 00:01:30,420 great responsibility or so I thought 38 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:33,649 great responsibility or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own 39 00:01:33,649 --> 00:01:33,659 until I cast my mind back to my own 40 00:01:33,659 --> 00:01:36,889 until I cast my mind back to my own graduation the commencement speaker that 41 00:01:36,889 --> 00:01:36,899 graduation the commencement speaker that 42 00:01:36,899 --> 00:01:38,780 graduation the commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British 43 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:38,790 day was the distinguished British 44 00:01:38,790 --> 00:01:41,920 day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock 45 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:41,930 philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock 46 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:44,899 philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock reflecting on her speech has helped me 47 00:01:44,899 --> 00:01:44,909 reflecting on her speech has helped me 48 00:01:44,909 --> 00:01:47,600 reflecting on her speech has helped me enormous Lee in writing this one because 49 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:47,610 enormous Lee in writing this one because 50 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:49,190 enormous Lee in writing this one because it turns out that I can't remember a 51 00:01:49,190 --> 00:01:49,200 it turns out that I can't remember a 52 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:58,820 it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said this liberating 53 00:01:58,820 --> 00:01:58,830 single word she said this liberating 54 00:01:58,830 --> 00:02:02,840 single word she said this liberating discovery enables me to proceed 55 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:02,850 discovery enables me to proceed 56 00:02:02,850 --> 00:02:05,249 discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might 57 00:02:05,249 --> 00:02:05,259 without any fear that I might 58 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:09,479 without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon 59 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:09,489 inadvertently influence you to abandon 60 00:02:09,489 --> 00:02:12,180 inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business the law or 61 00:02:12,180 --> 00:02:12,190 promising careers in business the law or 62 00:02:12,190 --> 00:02:14,670 promising careers in business the law or politics for the giddy delights of 63 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:14,680 politics for the giddy delights of 64 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:26,530 politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard 65 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:26,540 66 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:30,140 67 you see if all you remember in years to 68 00:02:30,140 --> 00:02:30,150 you see if all you remember in years to 69 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,509 you see if all you remember in years to come is the gay wizard joke I've come 70 00:02:32,509 --> 00:02:32,519 come is the gay wizard joke I've come 71 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:38,800 come is the gay wizard joke I've come out ahead of Baroness marijuana 72 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:38,810 73 00:02:38,810 --> 00:02:41,990 74 achieve Abul goals the first step to 75 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:42,000 achieve Abul goals the first step to 76 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,020 achieve Abul goals the first step to self-improvement actually I have wrapped 77 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:48,030 self-improvement actually I have wrapped 78 00:02:48,030 --> 00:02:49,910 self-improvement actually I have wrapped my mind and heart for what I ought to 79 00:02:49,910 --> 00:02:49,920 my mind and heart for what I ought to 80 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,760 my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today I have asked myself 81 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:52,770 say to you today I have asked myself 82 00:02:52,770 --> 00:02:54,920 say to you today I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own 83 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:54,930 what I wish I had known at my own 84 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:58,340 what I wish I had known at my own graduation and what important lessons I 85 00:02:58,340 --> 00:02:58,350 graduation and what important lessons I 86 00:02:58,350 --> 00:03:00,860 graduation and what important lessons I have learnt in the 21 years that have 87 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:00,870 have learnt in the 21 years that have 88 00:03:00,870 --> 00:03:04,550 have learnt in the 21 years that have expired between that day and this I have 89 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:04,560 expired between that day and this I have 90 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,520 expired between that day and this I have come up with two answers on this 91 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:07,530 come up with two answers on this 92 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:09,140 come up with two answers on this wonderful day when we are gathered 93 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:09,150 wonderful day when we are gathered 94 00:03:09,150 --> 00:03:11,300 wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic 95 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:11,310 together to celebrate your academic 96 00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:14,120 together to celebrate your academic success I have decided to talk to you 97 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:14,130 success I have decided to talk to you 98 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:18,080 success I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure and as you 99 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:18,090 about the benefits of failure and as you 100 00:03:18,090 --> 00:03:19,880 about the benefits of failure and as you stand on the threshold of what is 101 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:19,890 stand on the threshold of what is 102 00:03:19,890 --> 00:03:22,820 stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called real life I want to 103 00:03:22,820 --> 00:03:22,830 sometimes called real life I want to 104 00:03:22,830 --> 00:03:24,860 sometimes called real life I want to extol the crucial importance of 105 00:03:24,860 --> 00:03:24,870 extol the crucial importance of 106 00:03:24,870 --> 00:03:28,460 extol the crucial importance of imagination these may seem pricks otic 107 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:28,470 imagination these may seem pricks otic 108 00:03:28,470 --> 00:03:32,440 imagination these may seem pricks otic or paradoxical choices but bear with me 109 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:32,450 or paradoxical choices but bear with me 110 00:03:32,450 --> 00:03:35,330 or paradoxical choices but bear with me looking back at the 21 year old that I 111 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:35,340 looking back at the 21 year old that I 112 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,490 looking back at the 21 year old that I was at graduation is a slightly 113 00:03:37,490 --> 00:03:37,500 was at graduation is a slightly 114 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,040 was at graduation is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42 year 115 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:40,050 uncomfortable experience for the 42 year 116 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:43,370 uncomfortable experience for the 42 year old that she has become half my lifetime 117 00:03:43,370 --> 00:03:43,380 old that she has become half my lifetime 118 00:03:43,380 --> 00:03:46,340 old that she has become half my lifetime ago I was striking an uneasy balance 119 00:03:46,340 --> 00:03:46,350 ago I was striking an uneasy balance 120 00:03:46,350 --> 00:03:48,410 ago I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself 121 00:03:48,410 --> 00:03:48,420 between the ambition I had for myself 122 00:03:48,420 --> 00:03:50,900 between the ambition I had for myself and what those closest talk to me 123 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:50,910 and what those closest talk to me 124 00:03:50,910 --> 00:03:54,740 and what those closest talk to me expected of me I was convinced that the 125 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:54,750 expected of me I was convinced that the 126 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:57,680 expected of me I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever was write 127 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:57,690 only thing I wanted to do ever was write 128 00:03:57,690 --> 00:04:01,340 only thing I wanted to do ever was write novels however my parents both of whom 129 00:04:01,340 --> 00:04:01,350 novels however my parents both of whom 130 00:04:01,350 --> 00:04:03,259 novels however my parents both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and 131 00:04:03,259 --> 00:04:03,269 came from impoverished backgrounds and 132 00:04:03,269 --> 00:04:05,810 came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college took 133 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:05,820 neither of whom had been to college took 134 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,000 neither of whom had been to college took the view that my overactive imagination 135 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:08,010 the view that my overactive imagination 136 00:04:08,010 --> 00:04:10,850 the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would 137 00:04:10,850 --> 00:04:10,860 was an amusing personal quirk that would 138 00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:13,190 was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension 139 00:04:13,190 --> 00:04:13,200 never pay a mortgage or secure a pension 140 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,400 never pay a mortgage or secure a pension I know the irony strikes with the force 141 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:16,410 I know the irony strikes with the force 142 00:04:16,410 --> 00:04:19,990 I know the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil now 143 00:04:19,990 --> 00:04:20,000 144 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,250 145 so they hoped that I would take a 146 00:04:22,250 --> 00:04:22,260 so they hoped that I would take a 147 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:24,950 so they hoped that I would take a vocational degree I wanted to study 148 00:04:24,950 --> 00:04:24,960 vocational degree I wanted to study 149 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,560 vocational degree I wanted to study English literature a compromise was 150 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:27,570 English literature a compromise was 151 00:04:27,570 --> 00:04:29,780 English literature a compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied 152 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:29,790 reached that in retrospect satisfied 153 00:04:29,790 --> 00:04:32,719 reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody and I went up to study Modern 154 00:04:32,719 --> 00:04:32,729 nobody and I went up to study Modern 155 00:04:32,729 --> 00:04:35,690 nobody and I went up to study Modern Languages hardly had my parents car 156 00:04:35,690 --> 00:04:35,700 Languages hardly had my parents car 157 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:37,219 Languages hardly had my parents car round at the corner at the end of the 158 00:04:37,219 --> 00:04:37,229 round at the corner at the end of the 159 00:04:37,229 --> 00:04:40,070 round at the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled 160 00:04:40,070 --> 00:04:40,080 road than I ditched German and scuttled 161 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,320 road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the classics corridor 162 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:42,330 off down the classics corridor 163 00:04:42,330 --> 00:04:45,230 off down the classics corridor I cannot remember telling my parents 164 00:04:45,230 --> 00:04:45,240 I cannot remember telling my parents 165 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,659 I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying classics they might 166 00:04:47,659 --> 00:04:47,669 that I was studying classics they might 167 00:04:47,669 --> 00:04:49,369 that I was studying classics they might well have found out for the first time 168 00:04:49,369 --> 00:04:49,379 well have found out for the first time 169 00:04:49,379 --> 00:04:53,600 well have found out for the first time on graduation day of all the subjects on 170 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:53,610 on graduation day of all the subjects on 171 00:04:53,610 --> 00:04:55,700 on graduation day of all the subjects on this planet I think they would have been 172 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:55,710 this planet I think they would have been 173 00:04:55,710 --> 00:04:58,730 this planet I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful and 174 00:04:58,730 --> 00:04:58,740 hard put to name one less useful and 175 00:04:58,740 --> 00:05:00,860 hard put to name one less useful and Greek mythology when it came to securing 176 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:00,870 Greek mythology when it came to securing 177 00:05:00,870 --> 00:05:05,540 Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom now I 178 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:05,550 the keys to an executive bathroom now I 179 00:05:05,550 --> 00:05:07,249 the keys to an executive bathroom now I would like to make it clear in 180 00:05:07,249 --> 00:05:07,259 would like to make it clear in 181 00:05:07,259 --> 00:05:09,649 would like to make it clear in parentheses that I do not blame my 182 00:05:09,649 --> 00:05:09,659 parentheses that I do not blame my 183 00:05:09,659 --> 00:05:12,050 parentheses that I do not blame my parents for their point of view there is 184 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:12,060 parents for their point of view there is 185 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:14,149 parents for their point of view there is an expiry date on blaming your parents 186 00:05:14,149 --> 00:05:14,159 an expiry date on blaming your parents 187 00:05:14,159 --> 00:05:26,050 an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction 188 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:26,060 189 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:28,850 190 the moment you are old enough to take 191 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:28,860 the moment you are old enough to take 192 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:31,570 the moment you are old enough to take the wheel responsibility lies with you 193 00:05:31,570 --> 00:05:31,580 the wheel responsibility lies with you 194 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:35,180 the wheel responsibility lies with you what is more I cannot criticize my 195 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:35,190 what is more I cannot criticize my 196 00:05:35,190 --> 00:05:36,950 what is more I cannot criticize my parents for hoping that I would never 197 00:05:36,950 --> 00:05:36,960 parents for hoping that I would never 198 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,950 parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty they had been poor 199 00:05:39,950 --> 00:05:39,960 experience poverty they had been poor 200 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,560 experience poverty they had been poor themselves and I have since been poor 201 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:42,570 themselves and I have since been poor 202 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:45,770 themselves and I have since been poor and I quite agree with them that it is 203 00:05:45,770 --> 00:05:45,780 and I quite agree with them that it is 204 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:49,100 and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience poverty 205 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:49,110 not an ennobling experience poverty 206 00:05:49,110 --> 00:05:52,730 not an ennobling experience poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes 207 00:05:52,730 --> 00:05:52,740 entails fear and stress and sometimes 208 00:05:52,740 --> 00:05:55,610 entails fear and stress and sometimes depression it means a thousand petty 209 00:05:55,610 --> 00:05:55,620 depression it means a thousand petty 210 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:58,970 depression it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships climbing out 211 00:05:58,970 --> 00:05:58,980 humiliations and hardships climbing out 212 00:05:58,980 --> 00:06:01,340 humiliations and hardships climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is 213 00:06:01,340 --> 00:06:01,350 of poverty by your own efforts that is 214 00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:03,440 of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but 215 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:03,450 something on which to pride yourself but 216 00:06:03,450 --> 00:06:06,710 something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized only by 217 00:06:06,710 --> 00:06:06,720 poverty itself is romanticized only by 218 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,910 poverty itself is romanticized only by fools what I feared most for myself at 219 00:06:10,910 --> 00:06:10,920 fools what I feared most for myself at 220 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,830 fools what I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty but failure at 221 00:06:14,830 --> 00:06:14,840 your age was not poverty but failure at 222 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:18,260 your age was not poverty but failure at your age in spite of a distinct lack of 223 00:06:18,260 --> 00:06:18,270 your age in spite of a distinct lack of 224 00:06:18,270 --> 00:06:20,840 your age in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at University where I had 225 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:20,850 motivation at University where I had 226 00:06:20,850 --> 00:06:22,700 motivation at University where I had spent far too long in the coffee bar 227 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:22,710 spent far too long in the coffee bar 228 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:25,160 spent far too long in the coffee bar writing stories and far too little time 229 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:25,170 writing stories and far too little time 230 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:27,890 writing stories and far too little time at lectures I had a knack for passing 231 00:06:27,890 --> 00:06:27,900 at lectures I had a knack for passing 232 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:31,730 at lectures I had a knack for passing examinations and that for years had been 233 00:06:31,730 --> 00:06:31,740 examinations and that for years had been 234 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:33,950 examinations and that for years had been the measure of success in my life and 235 00:06:33,950 --> 00:06:33,960 the measure of success in my life and 236 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:38,240 the measure of success in my life and that of my peers now I am not done 237 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:38,250 that of my peers now I am not done 238 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:39,980 that of my peers now I am not done enough to suppose that because you are 239 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:39,990 enough to suppose that because you are 240 00:06:39,990 --> 00:06:43,160 enough to suppose that because you are young gifted and well-educated you have 241 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:43,170 young gifted and well-educated you have 242 00:06:43,170 --> 00:06:46,550 young gifted and well-educated you have never known heartbreak hardship or 243 00:06:46,550 --> 00:06:46,560 never known heartbreak hardship or 244 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,210 never known heartbreak hardship or heartache talent and intelligence never 245 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:50,220 heartache talent and intelligence never 246 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:52,550 heartache talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the 247 00:06:52,550 --> 00:06:52,560 yet inoculated anyone against the 248 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,220 yet inoculated anyone against the Caprice of the fates and I do not for a 249 00:06:55,220 --> 00:06:55,230 Caprice of the fates and I do not for a 250 00:06:55,230 --> 00:06:57,710 Caprice of the fates and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has 251 00:06:57,710 --> 00:06:57,720 moment suppose that everyone here has 252 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,540 moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of unruffled 253 00:06:59,540 --> 00:06:59,550 enjoyed an existence of unruffled 254 00:06:59,550 --> 00:07:04,160 enjoyed an existence of unruffled privilege and contentment however the 255 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:04,170 privilege and contentment however the 256 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:05,690 privilege and contentment however the fact that you are graduating from 257 00:07:05,690 --> 00:07:05,700 fact that you are graduating from 258 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,390 fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very 259 00:07:08,390 --> 00:07:08,400 Harvard suggests that you are not very 260 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,719 Harvard suggests that you are not very well acquainted with failure 261 00:07:11,719 --> 00:07:11,729 well acquainted with failure 262 00:07:11,729 --> 00:07:14,490 well acquainted with failure you might be driven by a fear of failure 263 00:07:14,490 --> 00:07:14,500 you might be driven by a fear of failure 264 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:17,540 you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success 265 00:07:17,540 --> 00:07:17,550 quite as much as a desire for success 266 00:07:17,550 --> 00:07:21,090 quite as much as a desire for success indeed your conception of failure might 267 00:07:21,090 --> 00:07:21,100 indeed your conception of failure might 268 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:23,040 indeed your conception of failure might not be too far removed from the average 269 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:23,050 not be too far removed from the average 270 00:07:23,050 --> 00:07:26,400 not be too far removed from the average person's idea of success so high 271 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:26,410 person's idea of success so high 272 00:07:26,410 --> 00:07:31,980 person's idea of success so high have you already flown ultimately we all 273 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:31,990 have you already flown ultimately we all 274 00:07:31,990 --> 00:07:33,810 have you already flown ultimately we all have to decide for ourselves what 275 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:33,820 have to decide for ourselves what 276 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:36,629 have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure but the world is 277 00:07:36,629 --> 00:07:36,639 constitutes failure but the world is 278 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:38,310 constitutes failure but the world is quite eager to give you a set of 279 00:07:38,310 --> 00:07:38,320 quite eager to give you a set of 280 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,730 quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it so I think it 281 00:07:41,730 --> 00:07:41,740 criteria if you let it so I think it 282 00:07:41,740 --> 00:07:44,370 criteria if you let it so I think it fair to say that by any conventional 283 00:07:44,370 --> 00:07:44,380 fair to say that by any conventional 284 00:07:44,380 --> 00:07:47,159 fair to say that by any conventional measure a mere seven years after my 285 00:07:47,159 --> 00:07:47,169 measure a mere seven years after my 286 00:07:47,169 --> 00:07:50,790 measure a mere seven years after my graduation day I had failed on an epic 287 00:07:50,790 --> 00:07:50,800 graduation day I had failed on an epic 288 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,000 graduation day I had failed on an epic scale an exceptionally short lived 289 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:54,010 scale an exceptionally short lived 290 00:07:54,010 --> 00:07:57,120 scale an exceptionally short lived marriage had imploded and I was jobless 291 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:57,130 marriage had imploded and I was jobless 292 00:07:57,130 --> 00:08:00,390 marriage had imploded and I was jobless a lone parent and as poor as it is 293 00:08:00,390 --> 00:08:00,400 a lone parent and as poor as it is 294 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,760 a lone parent and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain without 295 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:02,770 possible to be in modern Britain without 296 00:08:02,770 --> 00:08:06,300 possible to be in modern Britain without being homeless the fears that my parents 297 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:06,310 being homeless the fears that my parents 298 00:08:06,310 --> 00:08:08,640 being homeless the fears that my parents had had for me and that I had had for 299 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:08,650 had had for me and that I had had for 300 00:08:08,650 --> 00:08:12,330 had had for me and that I had had for myself had both come to pass and by 301 00:08:12,330 --> 00:08:12,340 myself had both come to pass and by 302 00:08:12,340 --> 00:08:15,029 myself had both come to pass and by every usual standard I was the biggest 303 00:08:15,029 --> 00:08:15,039 every usual standard I was the biggest 304 00:08:15,039 --> 00:08:18,629 every usual standard I was the biggest failure I knew now I'm not going to 305 00:08:18,629 --> 00:08:18,639 failure I knew now I'm not going to 306 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:20,279 failure I knew now I'm not going to stand here and tell you that failure is 307 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:20,289 stand here and tell you that failure is 308 00:08:20,289 --> 00:08:23,850 stand here and tell you that failure is fun that period of my life is a dark one 309 00:08:23,850 --> 00:08:23,860 fun that period of my life is a dark one 310 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:26,430 fun that period of my life is a dark one and I had no idea that there was going 311 00:08:26,430 --> 00:08:26,440 and I had no idea that there was going 312 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,500 and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since 313 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:28,510 to be what the press has since 314 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:31,050 to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairytale 315 00:08:31,050 --> 00:08:31,060 represented as a kind of fairytale 316 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:34,829 represented as a kind of fairytale resolution I had no idea then how far 317 00:08:34,829 --> 00:08:34,839 resolution I had no idea then how far 318 00:08:34,839 --> 00:08:37,409 resolution I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended and for a long time 319 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:37,419 the tunnel extended and for a long time 320 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:39,480 the tunnel extended and for a long time any light at the end of it was a hope 321 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:39,490 any light at the end of it was a hope 322 00:08:39,490 --> 00:08:43,640 any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality so why do I talk 323 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:43,650 rather than a reality so why do I talk 324 00:08:43,650 --> 00:08:48,000 rather than a reality so why do I talk about the benefits of failure simply 325 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:48,010 about the benefits of failure simply 326 00:08:48,010 --> 00:08:50,250 about the benefits of failure simply because failure meant us stripping away 327 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:50,260 because failure meant us stripping away 328 00:08:50,260 --> 00:08:53,850 because failure meant us stripping away of the inessential I stopped pretending 329 00:08:53,850 --> 00:08:53,860 of the inessential I stopped pretending 330 00:08:53,860 --> 00:08:56,430 of the inessential I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than 331 00:08:56,430 --> 00:08:56,440 to myself that I was anything other than 332 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,190 to myself that I was anything other than what I was and began to direct all my 333 00:08:59,190 --> 00:08:59,200 what I was and began to direct all my 334 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,920 what I was and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that 335 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:01,930 energy into finishing the only work that 336 00:09:01,930 --> 00:09:05,220 energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me had I really succeeded at 337 00:09:05,220 --> 00:09:05,230 mattered to me had I really succeeded at 338 00:09:05,230 --> 00:09:06,780 mattered to me had I really succeeded at anything else I might never have found 339 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:06,790 anything else I might never have found 340 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:09,329 anything else I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one 341 00:09:09,329 --> 00:09:09,339 the determination to succeed in the one 342 00:09:09,339 --> 00:09:11,610 the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged 343 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:11,620 arena where I believed I truly belonged 344 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:16,079 arena where I believed I truly belonged I was set free because my greatest fear 345 00:09:16,079 --> 00:09:16,089 I was set free because my greatest fear 346 00:09:16,089 --> 00:09:18,480 I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized and I was still alive 347 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:18,490 had been realized and I was still alive 348 00:09:18,490 --> 00:09:21,120 had been realized and I was still alive and I still had a daughter whom I adored 349 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:21,130 and I still had a daughter whom I adored 350 00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:24,240 and I still had a daughter whom I adored and I had an old typewriter and a big 351 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:24,250 and I had an old typewriter and a big 352 00:09:24,250 --> 00:09:24,990 and I had an old typewriter and a big idea 353 00:09:24,990 --> 00:09:25,000 idea 354 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,260 idea and so rock-bottom became the solid 355 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:28,270 and so rock-bottom became the solid 356 00:09:28,270 --> 00:09:31,580 and so rock-bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life 357 00:09:31,580 --> 00:09:31,590 foundation on which I rebuilt my life 358 00:09:31,590 --> 00:09:34,800 foundation on which I rebuilt my life you might never fail on the scale I did 359 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:34,810 you might never fail on the scale I did 360 00:09:34,810 --> 00:09:38,220 you might never fail on the scale I did but some failure in life is inevitable 361 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:38,230 but some failure in life is inevitable 362 00:09:38,230 --> 00:09:42,270 but some failure in life is inevitable it is impossible to live without failing 363 00:09:42,270 --> 00:09:42,280 it is impossible to live without failing 364 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,490 it is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so 365 00:09:44,490 --> 00:09:44,500 at something unless you live so 366 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:46,830 at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not 367 00:09:46,830 --> 00:09:46,840 cautiously that you might as well not 368 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,010 cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all in which case you fail 369 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:50,020 have lived at all in which case you fail 370 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:53,970 have lived at all in which case you fail by default failure gave me an inner 371 00:09:53,970 --> 00:09:53,980 by default failure gave me an inner 372 00:09:53,980 --> 00:09:55,740 by default failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by 373 00:09:55,740 --> 00:09:55,750 security that I had never attained by 374 00:09:55,750 --> 00:09:58,740 security that I had never attained by passing examinations failure taught me 375 00:09:58,740 --> 00:09:58,750 passing examinations failure taught me 376 00:09:58,750 --> 00:10:00,180 passing examinations failure taught me things about myself that I could have 377 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:00,190 things about myself that I could have 378 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:03,150 things about myself that I could have learned no other way I discovered that I 379 00:10:03,150 --> 00:10:03,160 learned no other way I discovered that I 380 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,700 learned no other way I discovered that I had a strong will and more discipline 381 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:05,710 had a strong will and more discipline 382 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:08,700 had a strong will and more discipline than I had suspected I also found out 383 00:10:08,700 --> 00:10:08,710 than I had suspected I also found out 384 00:10:08,710 --> 00:10:11,850 than I had suspected I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly 385 00:10:11,850 --> 00:10:11,860 that I had friends whose value was truly 386 00:10:11,860 --> 00:10:15,270 that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies the knowledge 387 00:10:15,270 --> 00:10:15,280 above the price of rubies the knowledge 388 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,160 above the price of rubies the knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger 389 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:17,170 that you have emerged wiser and stronger 390 00:10:17,170 --> 00:10:19,440 that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are ever 391 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:19,450 from setbacks means that you are ever 392 00:10:19,450 --> 00:10:22,970 from setbacks means that you are ever after secure in your ability to survive 393 00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:22,980 after secure in your ability to survive 394 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:26,220 after secure in your ability to survive you will never truly know yourself or 395 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:26,230 you will never truly know yourself or 396 00:10:26,230 --> 00:10:28,560 you will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until 397 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:28,570 the strength of your relationships until 398 00:10:28,570 --> 00:10:31,770 the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity such 399 00:10:31,770 --> 00:10:31,780 both have been tested by adversity such 400 00:10:31,780 --> 00:10:35,400 both have been tested by adversity such knowledge is a true gift for all that it 401 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:35,410 knowledge is a true gift for all that it 402 00:10:35,410 --> 00:10:38,100 knowledge is a true gift for all that it is painfully one and it has been worth 403 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:38,110 is painfully one and it has been worth 404 00:10:38,110 --> 00:10:40,320 is painfully one and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever 405 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:40,330 more than any qualification I ever 406 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:44,490 more than any qualification I ever earned so given a time Turner I would 407 00:10:44,490 --> 00:10:44,500 earned so given a time Turner I would 408 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:46,230 earned so given a time Turner I would tell my twenty-one year old self that 409 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:46,240 tell my twenty-one year old self that 410 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,120 tell my twenty-one year old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that 411 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:48,130 personal happiness lies in knowing that 412 00:10:48,130 --> 00:10:51,210 personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition 413 00:10:51,210 --> 00:10:51,220 life is not a checklist of acquisition 414 00:10:51,220 --> 00:10:54,120 life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement your qualifications your 415 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:54,130 or achievement your qualifications your 416 00:10:54,130 --> 00:10:57,480 or achievement your qualifications your CV are not your life though you will 417 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:57,490 CV are not your life though you will 418 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,880 CV are not your life though you will meet many people of my age and older who 419 00:10:59,880 --> 00:10:59,890 meet many people of my age and older who 420 00:10:59,890 --> 00:11:03,090 meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two life is difficult and 421 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:03,100 confuse the two life is difficult and 422 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:06,120 confuse the two life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone's total 423 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:06,130 complicated and beyond anyone's total 424 00:11:06,130 --> 00:11:08,790 complicated and beyond anyone's total control and the humility to know that 425 00:11:08,790 --> 00:11:08,800 control and the humility to know that 426 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,040 control and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its 427 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:11,050 will enable you to survive its 428 00:11:11,050 --> 00:11:15,480 will enable you to survive its vicissitudes now you might think that I 429 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:15,490 vicissitudes now you might think that I 430 00:11:15,490 --> 00:11:17,340 vicissitudes now you might think that I chose my second theme the importance of 431 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:17,350 chose my second theme the importance of 432 00:11:17,350 --> 00:11:18,930 chose my second theme the importance of imagination because of the part it 433 00:11:18,930 --> 00:11:18,940 imagination because of the part it 434 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:21,329 imagination because of the part it played in rebuilding my life but that is 435 00:11:21,329 --> 00:11:21,339 played in rebuilding my life but that is 436 00:11:21,339 --> 00:11:24,630 played in rebuilding my life but that is not wholly so though I personally will 437 00:11:24,630 --> 00:11:24,640 not wholly so though I personally will 438 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,090 not wholly so though I personally will defend the value of bedtime stories to 439 00:11:27,090 --> 00:11:27,100 defend the value of bedtime stories to 440 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,030 defend the value of bedtime stories to my last gasp I have learned to value 441 00:11:30,030 --> 00:11:30,040 my last gasp I have learned to value 442 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,260 my last gasp I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense 443 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:33,270 imagination in a much broader sense 444 00:11:33,270 --> 00:11:36,210 imagination in a much broader sense imagination is not only the uniquely 445 00:11:36,210 --> 00:11:36,220 imagination is not only the uniquely 446 00:11:36,220 --> 00:11:37,660 imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity 447 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:37,670 human capacity 448 00:11:37,670 --> 00:11:40,630 human capacity envision that which is not and therefore 449 00:11:40,630 --> 00:11:40,640 envision that which is not and therefore 450 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,520 envision that which is not and therefore the fount of all invention and 451 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:42,530 the fount of all invention and 452 00:11:42,530 --> 00:11:46,030 the fount of all invention and innovation in its arguably most 453 00:11:46,030 --> 00:11:46,040 innovation in its arguably most 454 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,670 innovation in its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity 455 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:48,680 transformative and revelatory capacity 456 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:51,520 transformative and revelatory capacity it is the power that enables us to 457 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:51,530 it is the power that enables us to 458 00:11:51,530 --> 00:11:54,010 it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences 459 00:11:54,010 --> 00:11:54,020 empathize with humans whose experiences 460 00:11:54,020 --> 00:11:57,610 empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared one of the greatest 461 00:11:57,610 --> 00:11:57,620 we have never shared one of the greatest 462 00:11:57,620 --> 00:11:59,260 we have never shared one of the greatest formative experiences of my life 463 00:11:59,260 --> 00:11:59,270 formative experiences of my life 464 00:11:59,270 --> 00:12:01,960 formative experiences of my life preceded Harry Potter though it informed 465 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:01,970 preceded Harry Potter though it informed 466 00:12:01,970 --> 00:12:03,790 preceded Harry Potter though it informed much of what I subsequently wrote in 467 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:03,800 much of what I subsequently wrote in 468 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,000 much of what I subsequently wrote in those books this revelation came in the 469 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:07,010 those books this revelation came in the 470 00:12:07,010 --> 00:12:09,150 those books this revelation came in the form of one of my earliest day jobs 471 00:12:09,150 --> 00:12:09,160 form of one of my earliest day jobs 472 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,350 form of one of my earliest day jobs though I was sloping off to write 473 00:12:11,350 --> 00:12:11,360 though I was sloping off to write 474 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,080 though I was sloping off to write stories during my lunch hours I paid the 475 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:14,090 stories during my lunch hours I paid the 476 00:12:14,090 --> 00:12:17,140 stories during my lunch hours I paid the rent in my early twenties by working at 477 00:12:17,140 --> 00:12:17,150 rent in my early twenties by working at 478 00:12:17,150 --> 00:12:19,030 rent in my early twenties by working at the African research department of 479 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:19,040 the African research department of 480 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,340 the African research department of Amnesty International's headquarters in 481 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:21,350 Amnesty International's headquarters in 482 00:12:21,350 --> 00:12:24,910 Amnesty International's headquarters in London there in my little office 483 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:24,920 London there in my little office 484 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,400 London there in my little office I read hastily scribbled letters 485 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:27,410 I read hastily scribbled letters 486 00:12:27,410 --> 00:12:31,060 I read hastily scribbled letters smuggled out of totalitarian regimes by 487 00:12:31,060 --> 00:12:31,070 smuggled out of totalitarian regimes by 488 00:12:31,070 --> 00:12:32,440 smuggled out of totalitarian regimes by men and women who were risking 489 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:32,450 men and women who were risking 490 00:12:32,450 --> 00:12:34,690 men and women who were risking imprisonment to inform the outside world 491 00:12:34,690 --> 00:12:34,700 imprisonment to inform the outside world 492 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:37,180 imprisonment to inform the outside world of what was happening to them I saw 493 00:12:37,180 --> 00:12:37,190 of what was happening to them I saw 494 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:39,280 of what was happening to them I saw photographs of those who had disappeared 495 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:39,290 photographs of those who had disappeared 496 00:12:39,290 --> 00:12:42,010 photographs of those who had disappeared without trace sent to amnesty by their 497 00:12:42,010 --> 00:12:42,020 without trace sent to amnesty by their 498 00:12:42,020 --> 00:12:44,800 without trace sent to amnesty by their desperate families and friends I read 499 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:44,810 desperate families and friends I read 500 00:12:44,810 --> 00:12:47,560 desperate families and friends I read the testimony of torture victims and saw 501 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:47,570 the testimony of torture victims and saw 502 00:12:47,570 --> 00:12:49,180 the testimony of torture victims and saw pictures of their injuries 503 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:49,190 pictures of their injuries 504 00:12:49,190 --> 00:12:53,050 pictures of their injuries I opened handwritten eyewitness accounts 505 00:12:53,050 --> 00:12:53,060 I opened handwritten eyewitness accounts 506 00:12:53,060 --> 00:12:55,830 I opened handwritten eyewitness accounts of summary trials and executions of 507 00:12:55,830 --> 00:12:55,840 of summary trials and executions of 508 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,220 of summary trials and executions of kidnappings and rapes many of my 509 00:13:00,220 --> 00:13:00,230 kidnappings and rapes many of my 510 00:13:00,230 --> 00:13:02,380 kidnappings and rapes many of my co-workers were ex political prisoners 511 00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:02,390 co-workers were ex political prisoners 512 00:13:02,390 --> 00:13:04,630 co-workers were ex political prisoners people who had been displaced from their 513 00:13:04,630 --> 00:13:04,640 people who had been displaced from their 514 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,660 people who had been displaced from their homes or fled into exile because they 515 00:13:07,660 --> 00:13:07,670 homes or fled into exile because they 516 00:13:07,670 --> 00:13:09,790 homes or fled into exile because they had the temerity to speak against their 517 00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:09,800 had the temerity to speak against their 518 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,730 had the temerity to speak against their governments visitors to our offices 519 00:13:12,730 --> 00:13:12,740 governments visitors to our offices 520 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:14,860 governments visitors to our offices included those who had come to give 521 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:14,870 included those who had come to give 522 00:13:14,870 --> 00:13:17,110 included those who had come to give information or to try and find out what 523 00:13:17,110 --> 00:13:17,120 information or to try and find out what 524 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:18,700 information or to try and find out what had happened to those who had left 525 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:18,710 had happened to those who had left 526 00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:23,440 had happened to those who had left behind I shall never forget the African 527 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:23,450 behind I shall never forget the African 528 00:13:23,450 --> 00:13:26,290 behind I shall never forget the African torture victim a young man no older than 529 00:13:26,290 --> 00:13:26,300 torture victim a young man no older than 530 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:28,450 torture victim a young man no older than I was at the time who had become 531 00:13:28,450 --> 00:13:28,460 I was at the time who had become 532 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:31,120 I was at the time who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in 533 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:31,130 mentally ill after all he had endured in 534 00:13:31,130 --> 00:13:34,900 mentally ill after all he had endured in his homeland he trembled uncontrollably 535 00:13:34,900 --> 00:13:34,910 his homeland he trembled uncontrollably 536 00:13:34,910 --> 00:13:37,570 his homeland he trembled uncontrollably as he spoke into a video camera about 537 00:13:37,570 --> 00:13:37,580 as he spoke into a video camera about 538 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:41,230 as he spoke into a video camera about the brutality inflicted upon him he was 539 00:13:41,230 --> 00:13:41,240 the brutality inflicted upon him he was 540 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,600 the brutality inflicted upon him he was a foot taller than I was and seemed as 541 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:43,610 a foot taller than I was and seemed as 542 00:13:43,610 --> 00:13:47,020 a foot taller than I was and seemed as fragile as a child I was given the job 543 00:13:47,020 --> 00:13:47,030 fragile as a child I was given the job 544 00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:48,460 fragile as a child I was given the job of in scoring him back to the 545 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:48,470 of in scoring him back to the 546 00:13:48,470 --> 00:13:50,090 of in scoring him back to the underground station afterwards 547 00:13:50,090 --> 00:13:50,100 underground station afterwards 548 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:52,550 underground station afterwards and this man whose life had been 549 00:13:52,550 --> 00:13:52,560 and this man whose life had been 550 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,670 and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with 551 00:13:55,670 --> 00:13:55,680 shattered by cruelty took my hand with 552 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:58,610 shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy and wished me future 553 00:13:58,610 --> 00:13:58,620 exquisite courtesy and wished me future 554 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:02,900 exquisite courtesy and wished me future happiness and as long as I live I shall 555 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:02,910 happiness and as long as I live I shall 556 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:05,060 happiness and as long as I live I shall remember walking along an empty corridor 557 00:14:05,060 --> 00:14:05,070 remember walking along an empty corridor 558 00:14:05,070 --> 00:14:07,730 remember walking along an empty corridor and suddenly hearing from behind a 559 00:14:07,730 --> 00:14:07,740 and suddenly hearing from behind a 560 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:10,700 and suddenly hearing from behind a closed door a scream of pain and horror 561 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:10,710 closed door a scream of pain and horror 562 00:14:10,710 --> 00:14:13,850 closed door a scream of pain and horror such as I have never heard since the 563 00:14:13,850 --> 00:14:13,860 such as I have never heard since the 564 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:16,640 such as I have never heard since the door opened and the researcher poked out 565 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:16,650 door opened and the researcher poked out 566 00:14:16,650 --> 00:14:19,640 door opened and the researcher poked out her out her head and told me to run and 567 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:19,650 her out her head and told me to run and 568 00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,560 her out her head and told me to run and make a hot drink for the young man 569 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:21,570 make a hot drink for the young man 570 00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:25,190 make a hot drink for the young man sitting with her she had just had to 571 00:14:25,190 --> 00:14:25,200 sitting with her she had just had to 572 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,440 sitting with her she had just had to give him the news that in retaliation 573 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:27,450 give him the news that in retaliation 574 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:29,900 give him the news that in retaliation for his outspokenness against his 575 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:29,910 for his outspokenness against his 576 00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:33,200 for his outspokenness against his country's regime his mother had been 577 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:33,210 country's regime his mother had been 578 00:14:33,210 --> 00:14:38,360 country's regime his mother had been seized and executed every day of my 579 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:38,370 seized and executed every day of my 580 00:14:38,370 --> 00:14:40,910 seized and executed every day of my working week in my early twenties I was 581 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:40,920 working week in my early twenties I was 582 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,670 working week in my early twenties I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was 583 00:14:43,670 --> 00:14:43,680 reminded how incredibly fortunate I was 584 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,590 reminded how incredibly fortunate I was to live in a country with a 585 00:14:45,590 --> 00:14:45,600 to live in a country with a 586 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,050 to live in a country with a democratically elected government where 587 00:14:48,050 --> 00:14:48,060 democratically elected government where 588 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:50,420 democratically elected government where legal representation and a public trial 589 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:50,430 legal representation and a public trial 590 00:14:50,430 --> 00:14:54,470 legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone everyday I 591 00:14:54,470 --> 00:14:54,480 were the rights of everyone everyday I 592 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,280 were the rights of everyone everyday I saw more evidence about the evils 593 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:57,290 saw more evidence about the evils 594 00:14:57,290 --> 00:14:59,420 saw more evidence about the evils humankind would inflict on their fellow 595 00:14:59,420 --> 00:14:59,430 humankind would inflict on their fellow 596 00:14:59,430 --> 00:15:04,280 humankind would inflict on their fellow humans to gain or maintain power I began 597 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:04,290 humans to gain or maintain power I began 598 00:15:04,290 --> 00:15:06,470 humans to gain or maintain power I began to have nightmares literal nightmares 599 00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:06,480 to have nightmares literal nightmares 600 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,860 to have nightmares literal nightmares about some of the things I saw heard and 601 00:15:09,860 --> 00:15:09,870 about some of the things I saw heard and 602 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:15,830 about some of the things I saw heard and read and yet I also learned more about 603 00:15:15,830 --> 00:15:15,840 read and yet I also learned more about 604 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,860 read and yet I also learned more about human goodness at Amnesty International 605 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:18,870 human goodness at Amnesty International 606 00:15:18,870 --> 00:15:21,970 human goodness at Amnesty International than I had ever known before 607 00:15:21,970 --> 00:15:21,980 than I had ever known before 608 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:24,800 than I had ever known before amnesty mobilizes thousands of people 609 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:24,810 amnesty mobilizes thousands of people 610 00:15:24,810 --> 00:15:26,240 amnesty mobilizes thousands of people who have never been tortured or 611 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:26,250 who have never been tortured or 612 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,640 who have never been tortured or imprisoned for their beliefs to act on 613 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:28,650 imprisoned for their beliefs to act on 614 00:15:28,650 --> 00:15:32,060 imprisoned for their beliefs to act on behalf of those who have the power of 615 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:32,070 behalf of those who have the power of 616 00:15:32,070 --> 00:15:34,580 behalf of those who have the power of human empathy leading to collective 617 00:15:34,580 --> 00:15:34,590 human empathy leading to collective 618 00:15:34,590 --> 00:15:38,440 human empathy leading to collective action saves lives and frees prisoners 619 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:38,450 action saves lives and frees prisoners 620 00:15:38,450 --> 00:15:41,210 action saves lives and frees prisoners ordinary people whose personal 621 00:15:41,210 --> 00:15:41,220 ordinary people whose personal 622 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:44,210 ordinary people whose personal well-being and security are assured join 623 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:44,220 well-being and security are assured join 624 00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:47,090 well-being and security are assured join together in huge numbers to save people 625 00:15:47,090 --> 00:15:47,100 together in huge numbers to save people 626 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:50,240 together in huge numbers to save people they do not know and will never meet my 627 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:50,250 they do not know and will never meet my 628 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:53,060 they do not know and will never meet my small participation in that process was 629 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:53,070 small participation in that process was 630 00:15:53,070 --> 00:15:54,850 small participation in that process was one of the most humbling and inspiring 631 00:15:54,850 --> 00:15:54,860 one of the most humbling and inspiring 632 00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:59,870 one of the most humbling and inspiring experiences of my life unlike any other 633 00:15:59,870 --> 00:15:59,880 experiences of my life unlike any other 634 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,090 experiences of my life unlike any other creature on this planet human beings can 635 00:16:03,090 --> 00:16:03,100 creature on this planet human beings can 636 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:05,280 creature on this planet human beings can learn and understand without having 637 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:05,290 learn and understand without having 638 00:16:05,290 --> 00:16:07,590 learn and understand without having experienced they can think themselves 639 00:16:07,590 --> 00:16:07,600 experienced they can think themselves 640 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,940 experienced they can think themselves into other people's places of course 641 00:16:11,940 --> 00:16:11,950 into other people's places of course 642 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:13,830 into other people's places of course this is a power like my brand of 643 00:16:13,830 --> 00:16:13,840 this is a power like my brand of 644 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,980 this is a power like my brand of fictional magic that is morally neutral 645 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:15,990 fictional magic that is morally neutral 646 00:16:15,990 --> 00:16:18,780 fictional magic that is morally neutral one might use such an ability to 647 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:18,790 one might use such an ability to 648 00:16:18,790 --> 00:16:22,290 one might use such an ability to manipulate or control just as much as to 649 00:16:22,290 --> 00:16:22,300 manipulate or control just as much as to 650 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:26,610 manipulate or control just as much as to understand or sympathise and many prefer 651 00:16:26,610 --> 00:16:26,620 understand or sympathise and many prefer 652 00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:28,710 understand or sympathise and many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at 653 00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:28,720 not to exercise their imaginations at 654 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,620 not to exercise their imaginations at all they choose to remain comfortably 655 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:31,630 all they choose to remain comfortably 656 00:16:31,630 --> 00:16:32,850 all they choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own 657 00:16:32,850 --> 00:16:32,860 within the bounds of their own 658 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:35,460 within the bounds of their own experience never troubling to wonder how 659 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:35,470 experience never troubling to wonder how 660 00:16:35,470 --> 00:16:37,050 experience never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other 661 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:37,060 it would feel to have been born other 662 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:40,050 it would feel to have been born other than they are they can refuse to hear 663 00:16:40,050 --> 00:16:40,060 than they are they can refuse to hear 664 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:43,230 than they are they can refuse to hear screams or peer inside cages they can 665 00:16:43,230 --> 00:16:43,240 screams or peer inside cages they can 666 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,510 screams or peer inside cages they can close their minds and hearts to any 667 00:16:45,510 --> 00:16:45,520 close their minds and hearts to any 668 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,950 close their minds and hearts to any suffering that does not touch them 669 00:16:46,950 --> 00:16:46,960 suffering that does not touch them 670 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,650 suffering that does not touch them personally they can refuse to know I 671 00:16:51,650 --> 00:16:51,660 personally they can refuse to know I 672 00:16:51,660 --> 00:16:54,390 personally they can refuse to know I might be tempted to envy people who can 673 00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:54,400 might be tempted to envy people who can 674 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,880 might be tempted to envy people who can live that way except that I do not think 675 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:56,890 live that way except that I do not think 676 00:16:56,890 --> 00:16:59,540 live that way except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I do 677 00:16:59,540 --> 00:16:59,550 they have any fewer nightmares than I do 678 00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:02,670 they have any fewer nightmares than I do choosing to live in narrow spaces leads 679 00:17:02,670 --> 00:17:02,680 choosing to live in narrow spaces leads 680 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,580 choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to a form of mental Agra phobia and that 681 00:17:05,580 --> 00:17:05,590 to a form of mental Agra phobia and that 682 00:17:05,590 --> 00:17:07,050 to a form of mental Agra phobia and that brings its own terrors 683 00:17:07,050 --> 00:17:07,060 brings its own terrors 684 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:10,800 brings its own terrors I think the willfully unimaginative see 685 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:10,810 I think the willfully unimaginative see 686 00:17:10,810 --> 00:17:14,870 I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters they are often more afraid 687 00:17:14,870 --> 00:17:14,880 more monsters they are often more afraid 688 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,360 more monsters they are often more afraid what is more those who choose not to 689 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:18,370 what is more those who choose not to 690 00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:21,540 what is more those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters for 691 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:21,550 empathize enable real monsters for 692 00:17:21,550 --> 00:17:23,010 empathize enable real monsters for without ever committing an act of 693 00:17:23,010 --> 00:17:23,020 without ever committing an act of 694 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:25,380 without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves we collude with 695 00:17:25,380 --> 00:17:25,390 outright evil ourselves we collude with 696 00:17:25,390 --> 00:17:30,060 outright evil ourselves we collude with it through our own apathy one of the 697 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:30,070 it through our own apathy one of the 698 00:17:30,070 --> 00:17:31,770 it through our own apathy one of the many things I learned at the end of that 699 00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:31,780 many things I learned at the end of that 700 00:17:31,780 --> 00:17:33,810 many things I learned at the end of that classics corridor down which I ventured 701 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:33,820 classics corridor down which I ventured 702 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:35,670 classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of eighteen in search of 703 00:17:35,670 --> 00:17:35,680 at the age of eighteen in search of 704 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,980 at the age of eighteen in search of something I could not then define was 705 00:17:37,980 --> 00:17:37,990 something I could not then define was 706 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:39,660 something I could not then define was this written by the Greek author 707 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:39,670 this written by the Greek author 708 00:17:39,670 --> 00:17:43,860 this written by the Greek author Plutarch what we achieve inwardly will 709 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:43,870 Plutarch what we achieve inwardly will 710 00:17:43,870 --> 00:17:47,760 Plutarch what we achieve inwardly will change outer reality that is an 711 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:47,770 change outer reality that is an 712 00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:49,830 change outer reality that is an astonishing statement and get proven a 713 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:49,840 astonishing statement and get proven a 714 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,320 astonishing statement and get proven a thousand times every day of our lives it 715 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:52,330 thousand times every day of our lives it 716 00:17:52,330 --> 00:17:55,380 thousand times every day of our lives it expresses in part our inescapable 717 00:17:55,380 --> 00:17:55,390 expresses in part our inescapable 718 00:17:55,390 --> 00:17:57,630 expresses in part our inescapable connection with the outside world the 719 00:17:57,630 --> 00:17:57,640 connection with the outside world the 720 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,430 connection with the outside world the fact that we touch other people's lives 721 00:17:59,430 --> 00:17:59,440 fact that we touch other people's lives 722 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,510 fact that we touch other people's lives simply by existing but how much more are 723 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:03,520 simply by existing but how much more are 724 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,830 simply by existing but how much more are you Harvard graduates of 2008 lightly to 725 00:18:07,830 --> 00:18:07,840 you Harvard graduates of 2008 lightly to 726 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,800 you Harvard graduates of 2008 lightly to touch other people's lives your 727 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:10,810 touch other people's lives your 728 00:18:10,810 --> 00:18:12,130 touch other people's lives your intelligence 729 00:18:12,130 --> 00:18:12,140 intelligence 730 00:18:12,140 --> 00:18:14,260 intelligence your capacity for hard work the 731 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:14,270 your capacity for hard work the 732 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:16,590 your capacity for hard work the education you have earned and received 733 00:18:16,590 --> 00:18:16,600 education you have earned and received 734 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,500 education you have earned and received give you unique unique status and unique 735 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:20,510 give you unique unique status and unique 736 00:18:20,510 --> 00:18:23,590 give you unique unique status and unique responsibilities even your nationality 737 00:18:23,590 --> 00:18:23,600 responsibilities even your nationality 738 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,310 responsibilities even your nationality sets you apart the great majority of you 739 00:18:27,310 --> 00:18:27,320 sets you apart the great majority of you 740 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,230 sets you apart the great majority of you belong to the world's only remaining 741 00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:29,240 belong to the world's only remaining 742 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,830 belong to the world's only remaining superpower the way you vote the way you 743 00:18:32,830 --> 00:18:32,840 superpower the way you vote the way you 744 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,980 superpower the way you vote the way you live the way you protest the pressure 745 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:35,990 live the way you protest the pressure 746 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,230 live the way you protest the pressure you bring to bear on your government has 747 00:18:38,230 --> 00:18:38,240 you bring to bear on your government has 748 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,080 you bring to bear on your government has an impact way beyond your borders that 749 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:41,090 an impact way beyond your borders that 750 00:18:41,090 --> 00:18:45,370 an impact way beyond your borders that is your privilege and your burden if you 751 00:18:45,370 --> 00:18:45,380 is your privilege and your burden if you 752 00:18:45,380 --> 00:18:47,799 is your privilege and your burden if you choose to use your status and influence 753 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:47,809 choose to use your status and influence 754 00:18:47,809 --> 00:18:49,390 choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those 755 00:18:49,390 --> 00:18:49,400 to raise your voice on behalf of those 756 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,730 to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice if you choose to 757 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:51,740 who have no voice if you choose to 758 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:54,760 who have no voice if you choose to identify not only with the powerful but 759 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:54,770 identify not only with the powerful but 760 00:18:54,770 --> 00:18:57,430 identify not only with the powerful but with the powerless if you retain the 761 00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:57,440 with the powerless if you retain the 762 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,470 with the powerless if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the 763 00:18:59,470 --> 00:18:59,480 ability to imagine yourself into the 764 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,030 ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your 765 00:19:01,030 --> 00:19:01,040 lives of those who do not have your 766 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,789 lives of those who do not have your advantages then it will not only be your 767 00:19:03,789 --> 00:19:03,799 advantages then it will not only be your 768 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:05,560 advantages then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your 769 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:05,570 proud families who celebrate your 770 00:19:05,570 --> 00:19:08,500 proud families who celebrate your existence but thousands and millions of 771 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:08,510 existence but thousands and millions of 772 00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:10,840 existence but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped 773 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:10,850 people whose reality you have helped 774 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:14,500 people whose reality you have helped change we do not need magic to transform 775 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:14,510 change we do not need magic to transform 776 00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:17,020 change we do not need magic to transform our world we carry all the power we need 777 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:17,030 our world we carry all the power we need 778 00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:19,750 our world we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already we have the 779 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:19,760 inside ourselves already we have the 780 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,919 inside ourselves already we have the power to imagine better I'm nearly 781 00:19:23,919 --> 00:19:23,929 power to imagine better I'm nearly 782 00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:26,890 power to imagine better I'm nearly finished I have one last hope for you 783 00:19:26,890 --> 00:19:26,900 finished I have one last hope for you 784 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:29,320 finished I have one last hope for you which is something that I already had at 785 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:29,330 which is something that I already had at 786 00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:32,740 which is something that I already had at 21 the friends with whom i sat on 787 00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:32,750 21 the friends with whom i sat on 788 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:34,659 21 the friends with whom i sat on graduation day have been my friends for 789 00:19:34,659 --> 00:19:34,669 graduation day have been my friends for 790 00:19:34,669 --> 00:19:37,600 graduation day have been my friends for life they are my children's godparents 791 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:37,610 life they are my children's godparents 792 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,610 life they are my children's godparents the people to whom I've been able to 793 00:19:39,610 --> 00:19:39,620 the people to whom I've been able to 794 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:42,820 the people to whom I've been able to turn in times of real trouble people who 795 00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:42,830 turn in times of real trouble people who 796 00:19:42,830 --> 00:19:44,770 turn in times of real trouble people who have been kind enough not to sue me when 797 00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:44,780 have been kind enough not to sue me when 798 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:54,850 have been kind enough not to sue me when I took their names for Death Eaters 799 00:19:54,850 --> 00:19:54,860 800 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:58,159 801 at our graduation we were bound by 802 00:19:58,159 --> 00:19:58,169 at our graduation we were bound by 803 00:19:58,169 --> 00:20:00,590 at our graduation we were bound by enormous affection by our shared 804 00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:00,600 enormous affection by our shared 805 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,299 enormous affection by our shared experience of a time that could never 806 00:20:02,299 --> 00:20:02,309 experience of a time that could never 807 00:20:02,309 --> 00:20:02,840 experience of a time that could never come again 808 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:02,850 come again 809 00:20:02,850 --> 00:20:05,899 come again and of course by the knowledge that we 810 00:20:05,899 --> 00:20:05,909 and of course by the knowledge that we 811 00:20:05,909 --> 00:20:08,299 and of course by the knowledge that we held certain photographic evidence that 812 00:20:08,299 --> 00:20:08,309 held certain photographic evidence that 813 00:20:08,309 --> 00:20:11,960 held certain photographic evidence that would be exceptionally valuable if any 814 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:11,970 would be exceptionally valuable if any 815 00:20:11,970 --> 00:20:16,040 would be exceptionally valuable if any of us ran for prime minister 816 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:16,050 817 00:20:16,050 --> 00:20:20,040 818 so today I wish you nothing better and 819 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:20,050 so today I wish you nothing better and 820 00:20:20,050 --> 00:20:24,240 so today I wish you nothing better and similar friendships and tomorrow I hope 821 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:24,250 similar friendships and tomorrow I hope 822 00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:26,520 similar friendships and tomorrow I hope that even if you remember not a single 823 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:26,530 that even if you remember not a single 824 00:20:26,530 --> 00:20:27,450 that even if you remember not a single word of mine 825 00:20:27,450 --> 00:20:27,460 word of mine 826 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:30,630 word of mine you remember those of Seneca another of 827 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:30,640 you remember those of Seneca another of 828 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,420 you remember those of Seneca another of those old Romans I met when I fled down 829 00:20:33,420 --> 00:20:33,430 those old Romans I met when I fled down 830 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:35,790 those old Romans I met when I fled down the classics corridor in retreat from 831 00:20:35,790 --> 00:20:35,800 the classics corridor in retreat from 832 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,060 the classics corridor in retreat from from career ladders in search of ancient 833 00:20:39,060 --> 00:20:39,070 from career ladders in search of ancient 834 00:20:39,070 --> 00:20:44,670 from career ladders in search of ancient wisdom as is a tale so is life not how 835 00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:44,680 wisdom as is a tale so is life not how 836 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,970 wisdom as is a tale so is life not how long it is but how good it is is what 837 00:20:47,970 --> 00:20:47,980 long it is but how good it is is what 838 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:51,030 long it is but how good it is is what matters I wish you all very good lives 839 00:20:51,030 --> 00:20:51,040 matters I wish you all very good lives 840 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,540 matters I wish you all very good lives thank you very much 841