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[Events]
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.86,0:00:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a while ago, I tried an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.57,0:00:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one year, I would say yes\Nto all the things that scared me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.89,0:00:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that made me nervous,\Ntook me out of my comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.19,0:00:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forced myself to say yes to.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.60,0:00:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to speak in public?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.23,0:00:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.43,0:00:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to be on live TV?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.38,0:00:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.71,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I want to try acting?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.52,0:00:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, no, but yes, yes, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a crazy thing happened:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.56,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very act of doing\Nthe thing that scared me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undid the fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.11,0:00:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made it not scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fear of public speaking,\Nmy social anxiety, poof, gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.79,0:00:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing the power of one word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.81,0:00:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes" changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.04,0:00:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes" changed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.64,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was one particular yes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.90,0:00:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that affected my life\Nin the most profound way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:00:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that I never imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.63,0:00:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it started with a question\Nfrom my toddler.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.33,0:01:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have these three amazing daughters,\NHarper, Beckett, and Emerson,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.77,0:01:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Emerson is a toddler who inexplicably\Nrefers to everyone as "Honey"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.39,0:01:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though she's a Southern waitress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.23,0:01:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.41,0:01:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Honey I'm gonna need some milk\Nfor my sippy cup."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.48,0:01:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.15,0:01:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Southern waitress asked me\Nto play with her one evening
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.31,0:01:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was on my way somewhere,\Nand I said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that yes was the beginning\Nof a new way of life for my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.18,0:01:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a vow that from now on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.92,0:01:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time one of my children\Nasks me to play,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.57,0:01:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what I'm doing\Nor where I'm going,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.11,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say yes, every single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.96,0:01:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost. I'm not perfect at it,\Nbut I try hard to practice it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.93,0:01:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's had a magical effect on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.60,0:01:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my children, on our family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.74,0:01:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also had a stunning side effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.48,0:01:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until recently\Nthat I fully understood it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.17,0:01:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I understood that saying yes\Nto playing with my children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.65,0:01:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely saved my career.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.97,0:01:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I have what most people\Nwould call a dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.73,0:02:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a writer. I imagine.\NI make stuff up for a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.98,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.68,0:02:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.33,0:02:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I create television.\NI executive produce television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.25,0:02:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make television,\Na great deal of television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.27,0:02:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one way or another, this TV season,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.20,0:02:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm responsible for bringing about\N70 hours of programming to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.73,0:02:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs,\N70 hours of TV -- (Applause) --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.54,0:02:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three shows in production,\Nat a time, sometimes four.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.41,0:02:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each show creates hundreds of jobs\Nthat didn't exist before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.69,0:02:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The budget for one episode\Nof network television can be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anywhere from three\Nto six million dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.22,0:02:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just say five.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.82,0:02:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new episode made every nine days\Ntimes four shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.05,0:02:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so every nine days that's\N20 million dollars worth of television,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.79,0:02:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four television programs, 70 hours of TV,\Nthree shows in production at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.01,0:02:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes four,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.06,0:02:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,16 episodes going on at all times:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.29,0:02:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 episodes of Grey's,\N21 episodes of Scandal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.63,0:02:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 episodes of\NHow To Get Away With Murder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.07,0:02:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 episodes of the Catch,\Nthat's 70 hours of TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.42,0:02:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's 350 million dollars for a season.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.65,0:02:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America, my television shows\Nare back to back to back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.53,0:02:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Thursday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.90,0:03:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the world, my shows air\Nin 256 territories in 67 languages
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.96,0:03:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an audience of 30 million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.61,0:03:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is global,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.86,0:03:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 45 hours of that 70 hours of TV\Nare shows I personally created
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.39,0:03:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just produced,\Nso on top of everything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.80,0:03:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to find time,\Nreal quiet creative time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.26,0:03:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gather my fans around the campfire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.63,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell my stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs, 70 hours of TV,\Nthree shows in production at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.65,0:03:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes four, 350 million dollars,\Ncampfires burning all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.45,0:03:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know who else is doing that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.80,0:03:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody, so like I said, I'm a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.49,0:03:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.67,0:03:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I don't tell you this to impress you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.62,0:03:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you this because I know what you\Nthink of when you hear the word "writer."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.58,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you this so that all of you\Nout there who work so hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you run a company\Nor a country or a classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.97,0:03:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a store or a home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.36,0:03:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take me seriously\Nwhen I talk about working,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.36,0:03:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'll get that I don't\Npeck at a computer and imagine all day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.00,0:04:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'll hear me when I say
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.02,0:04:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I understand that a dream job\Nis not about dreaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.20,0:04:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all job, all work, all reality,\Nall blood, all sweat, no tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.52,0:04:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work a lot, very hard, and I love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.12,0:04:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm hard at work,\Nwhen I'm deep in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.46,0:04:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no other feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.90,0:04:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me my work is at all times\Nbuilding a nation out of thin air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.40,0:04:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is manning the troops.\NIt is painting a canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.98,0:04:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is hitting every high note.\NIt is running a marathon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.47,0:04:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is being Beyonce.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.53,0:04:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is all of those things\Nat the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.67,0:04:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love working.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.81,0:04:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is creative and mechanical\Nand exhausting and exhilarating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.85,0:04:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hilarious and disturbing\Nand clinical and maternal
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.33,0:04:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cruel and judicious,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.96,0:04:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what makes it all so good is the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.65,0:04:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is some kind of shift inside me\Nwhen the work gets good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.58,0:04:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hum begins in my brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.39,0:04:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it grows and it grows\Nand that hum sounds like the open road,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.71,0:04:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could drive it forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.03,0:05:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people,\Nwhen I try to explain the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.07,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they assume that I'm talking\Nabout the writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.74,0:05:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my writing brings me joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.25,0:05:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't get me wrong, it does.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.06,0:05:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.96,0:05:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't until I started\Nmaking television
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.38,0:05:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I started working,\Nworking and making
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.91,0:05:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building and creative\Nand collaborating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.74,0:05:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I discovered this thing,\Nthis buzz, this rush, this hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.66,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is more than writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is action and activity.\NThe hum is a drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.31,0:05:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is music.\NThe hum is light and air.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.100,0:05:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is God's whisper right in my ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.67,0:05:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you have a hum like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.08,0:05:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't help but strive for greatness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.89,0:05:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feeling, you can't help\Nbut strive for greatness at any cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.56,0:05:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's called the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.09,0:05:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe it's called being a workaholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.90,0:05:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.57,0:05:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's called genius.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.82,0:05:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's called ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.77,0:05:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's just fear of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.35,0:06:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.18,0:06:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know that\NI'm not built for failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.25,0:06:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just know that I love the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.73,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know that I want\Nto tell you I'm a titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.10,0:06:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that I don't\Nwant to question it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.65,0:06:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.90,0:06:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more successful I become,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.90,0:06:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more shows, the more episodes,\Nthe more barriers broken,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.22,0:06:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more work there is to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.10,0:06:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more balls in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.45,0:06:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more eyes on me,\Nthe more history stares,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.05,0:06:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more expectations there are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.53,0:06:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I work to be successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.58,0:06:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I need to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.04,0:06:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did I say about work?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.87,0:06:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love working, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.84,0:06:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon running,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.67,0:06:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas,\Nthe high note, the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.74,0:06:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hum, the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.27,0:06:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that hum. I love that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.38,0:06:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need that hum. I am that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.40,0:06:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I nothing but that hum?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.09,0:06:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.58,0:06:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overworked, overused,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.80,0:06:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overdone, burned out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.84,0:07:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.51,0:07:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my three daughters\Nare used to the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.69,0:07:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their mother\Nis a single working titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.78,0:07:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harper tells people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.04,0:07:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My mom won't be there\Nbut you can text my nanny."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.40,0:07:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Emerson says, "Honey,\NI'm wanting to go to Shondaland."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.40,0:07:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're children of a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.32,0:07:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're baby titans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.69,0:07:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were 12, 3, and 1\Nwhen the hum stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.03,0:07:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum of the engine died.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.10,0:07:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped loving work.\NI couldn't restart the engine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.54,0:07:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum would not come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.63,0:07:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hum was broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.78,0:07:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing the same things\NI always did, all the same titan work,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.41,0:07:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 hour days, working\Nstraight through the weekends,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.96,0:07:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no regrets, never surrender,\Na titan never sleeps, a titan never quits,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.10,0:07:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full hearts, clear eyes, yada, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.30,0:07:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was no hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.30,0:07:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside me was silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.21,0:07:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four television programs, 70 hours of TV,\Nthree shows in production at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.81,0:08:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes four. I was the perfect titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.75,0:08:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a titan you could take home\Nto your mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.74,0:08:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the colors were the same,\Nand I was no longer having any fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.78,0:08:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.08,0:08:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.43,0:08:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the hum, and the hum was me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.77,0:08:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you do when the thing you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.05,0:08:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work you love,\Nstarts to taste like dust?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.16,0:08:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know somebody's out there\Nthinking, "Cry me a river,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.87,0:08:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stupid writer titan lady."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.34,0:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.78,0:08:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.38,0:08:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you make, if you work,\Nif you love what you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.26,0:08:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a teacher, being a banker,\Nbeing a mother, being a painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.18,0:08:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being Bill Gates,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.48,0:08:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you simply love another person\Nand that gives you the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.90,0:08:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.57,0:08:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know what the hum feels like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.36,0:08:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have been to the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.49,0:08:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the hum stops, who are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.07,0:08:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you? What am I?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.43,0:09:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I still a titan?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.33,0:09:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the song of my heart ceases to play,\Ncan I survive in the silence?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.81,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then my southern waitress toddler\Nasks me a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm on my way out the door,\NI'm late, and she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.85,0:09:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Momma, wanna play?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.96,0:09:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just about to say no,\Nwhen I realize two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.18,0:09:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, I'm supposed\Nto say yes to everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.34,0:09:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two, my Southern waitress\Ndidn't call me "Honey."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.77,0:09:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not calling everyone\N"Honey" anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.32,0:09:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When did that happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.27,0:09:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm missing it, being a titan\Nand mourning my hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.08,0:09:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here she is changing\Nright before my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.54,0:09:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she says, "Mamma, wanna play?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.93,0:09:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.14,0:09:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing special about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.83,0:09:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We play, and we're joined\Nby her sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.48,0:09:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot of laughing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.80,0:09:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I give a dramatic reading\Nfrom the book "Everybody poops."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.42,0:09:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing out of the ordinary.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.14,0:10:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, it is extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.39,0:10:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in my pain and my panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.88,0:10:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the homelessness\Nof my humlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.94,0:10:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have nothing to do but pay attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.48,0:10:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.24,0:10:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am still.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.96,0:10:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon I'm running,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.21,0:10:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas,\Nthe high note, does not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.65,0:10:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that exists are sticky fingers\Nand gooey kisses
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.22,0:10:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tiny voices and crayons,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.82,0:10:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that song about letting go\Nof whatever it is that frozen girl
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.80,0:10:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to let go of.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.40,0:10:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.47,0:10:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all peace and simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.12,0:10:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The air is so rare in this place for me\Nthat I can barely breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.37,0:10:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can barely believe I'm breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.15,0:10:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play is the opposite of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.73,0:10:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am happy.\NSomething in me loosens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.24,0:10:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A door in my brain swings open,\Nand a rush of energy comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.06,0:10:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not instantaneous,\Nbut it happens, it does happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.85,0:10:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.71,0:11:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hum creeps back,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.56,0:11:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not at full volume, barely there,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.38,0:11:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's quiet, but and I have to stay\Nvery still to hear it, but it is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.56,0:11:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the hum, but a hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.16,0:11:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I feel like I know\Na very magical secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.03,0:11:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's not get carried away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.35,0:11:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just love. That's all it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.93,0:11:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No magic. No secret. It's just love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.13,0:11:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just something we forgot.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.71,0:11:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum, the work hum,\Nthe hum of the titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.15,0:11:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's just a replacement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.24,0:11:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have to ask you who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.49,0:11:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I have to tell you who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.58,0:11:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I describe myself in terms of shows
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.85,0:11:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hours of television\Nand how globally badass my brain is,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.87,0:11:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have forgotten what the real hum is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.40,0:11:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is not power\Nand the hum is not work-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.07,0:11:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is joy-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.25,0:11:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is love-specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.36,0:11:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hum is the electricity that comes\Nfrom being excited by life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.15,0:12:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is confidence and peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.86,0:12:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum ignores the stare of history,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.35,0:12:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the balls in the air,\Nand the expectation, and the pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.39,0:12:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is singular and original.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.34,0:12:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real hum is God's whisper in my ear
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.68,0:12:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe God was whispering\Nthe wrong words,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.05,0:12:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because which one of the gods\Nwas telling me I was the titan?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.93,0:12:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.14,0:12:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could all use a little more love,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.11,0:12:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.48,0:12:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any time my child asks me to play,\NI will say yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.40,0:12:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make it a firm rule for one reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.30,0:12:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give myself permission, to free me\Nfrom all of my workaholic guilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.16,0:12:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a law, so I don't have a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.57,0:12:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.92,0:12:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not if I want to feel the hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.12,0:12:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish it were that easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.03,0:12:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not good at playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.51,0:12:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.71,0:12:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not interested in doing it\Nthe way I'm interested in doing work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.54,0:13:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is incredibly humbling\Nand humiliating to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.98,0:13:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.58,0:13:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work all the time\Nbecause I like working.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.48,0:13:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like working more\Nthan I like being at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.96,0:13:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Facing that fact is incredibly\Ndifficult to handle,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.14,0:13:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what kind of person\Nlikes working more than being at home?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.30,0:13:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.15,0:13:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, let's be honest,\NI call myself a titan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.38,0:13:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.58,0:13:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of those issues\Nisn't that I'm too relaxed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.53,0:13:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.67,0:13:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We run around the yard,\Nup and back and up and back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.13,0:13:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 30-second dance parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.22,0:13:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sing show tunes.\NWe play with balls.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.37,0:13:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I blow bubbles and they pop them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.60,0:13:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I feel stiff and delirious\Nand confused most of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.06,0:13:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I itch for my cell phone always.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.26,0:13:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.94,0:14:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My tiny humans show me how to live\Nand the hum of the universe fills me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.72,0:14:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I play and I play until I begin to wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.97,0:14:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we ever stopped playing\Nin the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.57,0:14:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do it too,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.61,0:14:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say yes every time your child\Nasks you to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.19,0:14:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you thinking that maybe\NI'm an idiot in diamond shoes?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.62,0:14:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right, but you can still do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.45,0:14:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.10,0:14:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why? Because you're not Rihanna\Nand you're not a muppet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.79,0:14:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your child does not think\Nyou're that interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.21,0:14:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.72,0:14:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You only need 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.57,0:14:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My two and four year old only ever\Nwant to play with me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.34,0:14:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about 15 minutes or so\Nbefore they think to themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.22,0:14:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they want to do something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.66,0:14:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an amazing 15 minutes,\Nbut it's 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.37,0:14:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I'm not a ladybug or a piece of candy,\NI'm invisible after 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.39,0:14:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.36,0:14:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my 13-year old, if I can get\Na 13-year old to talk to me for 15 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.77,0:14:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Parent of the Year.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.38,0:14:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.34,0:14:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 minutes is all you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.22,0:15:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can totally pull off 15 minutes\Nof uninterrupted time on my worst day.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.28,0:15:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uninterrupted is the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.46,0:15:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No cell phone, no laundry, no anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.11,0:15:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a busy life.\NYou have to get dinner on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.07,0:15:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to force them to bathe.\NBut you can do 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.31,0:15:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My kids are my happy place,\Nthey're my world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.73,0:15:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't have to be your kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.19,0:15:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fuel that feeds your hum, the place\Nwhere life feels more good than not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.18,0:15:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about playing with your kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.64,0:15:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.18,0:15:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about playing in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.99,0:15:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give yourself the 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.22,0:15:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find what makes you feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.49,0:15:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just figure it out\Nand play in that arena.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.07,0:15:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not perfect at it.\NIn fact, I fail as often as I succeed:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.15,0:15:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing friends, reading books,\Nstaring into space.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.50,0:15:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wanna play?" starts to become shorthand\Nfor indulging myself
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.77,0:15:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways I'd given up on right around\Nthe time I got my first TV show,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.13,0:15:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right around the time I became\Na titan in training,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.74,0:16:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right around the time I started\Ncompeting with myself for ways unknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.80,0:16:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 minutes? What could be wrong\Nwith giving myself my full attention
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.88,0:16:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 15 minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.74,0:16:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.92,0:16:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very act of not working has made it\Npossible for the hum to return,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.08,0:16:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if the hum's engine could only refuel\Nwhile I was away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.35,0:16:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work doesn't work without play.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.74,0:16:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes a little time,\Nbut after a few months,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.04,0:16:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day the floodgates open
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.43,0:16:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a rush, and I find myself\Nstanding in my office
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.78,0:16:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with an unfamiliar melody,\Nfull on groove inside me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.07,0:16:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and around me, and it sends me\Nspinning with ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.49,0:16:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the humming road is open,\Nand I can drive it and drive it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.81,0:16:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love working again.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.27,0:16:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, I like that hum,\Nbut I don't love that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.96,0:16:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.28,0:16:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not that hum. That hum is not me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.42,0:16:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.30,0:16:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am bubbles and sticky fingers\Nand dinners with friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.92,0:16:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am that hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.66,0:16:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.96,0:17:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.40,0:17:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work's hum is still a piece of me,\Nit is just no longer all of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.95,0:17:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am so grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.25,0:17:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't give a crap\Nabout being a titan,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.22,0:17:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have never once seen a titan\Nplay Red Rover, Red Rover.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.94,0:17:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said yes to less work and more play,\Nand somehow I still run my world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.02,0:17:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is still global.\NMy campfires still burn.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.41,0:17:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the happier I am,\Nand the happier my kids are.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.64,0:17:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play,\Nthe more I feel like a good mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.40,0:17:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play,\Nthe freer my mind becomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.89,0:17:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the better I work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.77,0:17:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I play, the more I feel the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.32,0:17:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nation I'm building,\Nthe marathon I'm running,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.27,0:17:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the troops, the canvas, the high note,\Nthe hum, the hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.13,0:17:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other hum, the real hum,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.22,0:17:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life's hum.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.77,0:17:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I feel that hum,\Nthe more this strange,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.44,0:17:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quivering, un-cocooned,\Nawkward, brand new,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.78,0:17:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive non-titan feels like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.92,0:17:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I feel that hum,\Nthe more I know who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.33,0:18:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a writer, I make stuff up,\NI imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.86,0:18:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That part of the job,\Nthat's living the dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.32,0:18:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the dream of the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.88,0:18:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a dream job\Nshould be a little bit dreamy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.68,0:18:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said yes to less work and more play.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.42,0:18:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Titans need not apply.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.07,0:18:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wanna play?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.95,0:18:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.74,0:18:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)