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Well, so everyone.
Once again, good afternoon.

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(Audience) Good afternoon!

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Now I'm relaxed.

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Please bear with me
while I tell you my story.

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It is a story about "hope invites."

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My mother told me the phrase
when I was a junior high school student.

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That means, if you are hoping for it,
it will come true.

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It's important not to lose hope.

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It would be wonderful if I could
make friends by giving this talk.

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I hope we become friends.

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I was born 47 years ago.

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My name is Tsutomu Uematsu.

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In a town named Akabira
in the middle of Hokkaido,

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I am running a company
for the very first time in my life.

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And in fact,

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while we make electromagnets
for recycling,

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we also make rockets.

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We can do space engineering.

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We now have skills to build
and launch a complete rocket

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and even launch a complete satellite too.

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We have an experimental device,

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only four like this in the world,
and one of them is in Japan.

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It can create zero gravity condition,
which is the same situation as in space.

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We couldn't buy it anywhere,
because nobody was selling it,

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so we managed to develop it by ourselves.

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However, for me,
space engineering is not my dream.

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To me, it is a mere means.

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I was born 47 years ago.

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My grandma told me an important thing
when I was a child.

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On the island of Sakhalin,
which is located in the north of Hokkaido,

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she began a car company, worked hard,
and saved money for a long time.

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I heard she lived a rich life there.

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But in 1945, Soviet troops
suddenly attacked Sakhalin.

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A lot of people were killed.

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My grandma realized

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that it turned her money
into heaps of worthless paper.

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So she told the little me,

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"Money is ridiculous,
because its value will change.

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If you have money,
do not save it, but buy books.

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Remember everything you read.

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Nobody can take it away from you,

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and it will make something new."

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So I became a boy who loved bookstores.

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I also had grandpa who I really loved.

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My grandpa was big and gentle.

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My fondest memory with him
is the Apollo moon landing.

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I was watching it on TV with him.

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I remember his happy face,
which I had never seen.

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"Have a look. Have a look.

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People reached the Moon.

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You can do it, too."

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I had never seen him so delighted.

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I wanted to see his smile again.

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So when I'd go to a bookstore,

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I would always pick books
about airplanes and rockets.

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Then every time grandpa
would pat my head with his big hand

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and praise me.

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I think I might have gotten
into airplanes and rockets

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because I wanted
to see his smile again.

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After that, I encountered
various wonderful books.

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In junior high school,

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I started to dream of having a job
related to airplanes and rockets.

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I was studying hard in my own way.

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However, my teacher told me,

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"Stop talking about that imaginary stuff
and study for the test."

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In fact, I studied about
airplanes and rockets willingly,

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but I neglected my schoolwork.

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I was doing nothing for it.

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Moreover, he said to me,

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"To begin with,
things like space engineering

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are impossible unless
you are really smart.

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It is very costly.

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So it's a different world.

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You can't do it."

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I got really sad.

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Then I started asking myself,

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"What is a dream?"

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Are we only allowed to dream
of what we can likely accomplish?

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However, I wondered,

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who decides whether we can do it or not?

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Even though no one knows that
unless we try,

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strangely, people who have never tried
make the judgment.

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Should we pursue
what we cannot do now, as a dream?

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I decided we should.

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But somehow, they didn't agree.

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Many grown-ups scared me,

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like "If you don't study hard,

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you won't be able to enter
a good school and career path.

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It's going to be tough for you!"

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I wasn't doing very well at school.

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So I became worried and asked them,

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"What is a good company to work for?"

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Then adults told me

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that a stable company where we can work

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to get money without difficulty
is a good company.

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I was confused.

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The more we study,
the more we will grow in capability.

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However, I was told that I had to study

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not in order to use these new skills
as much as possible,

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but to work without difficulty.

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So I thought,
"I don't have to study, do I?"

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But if we have money,
many good things might come around.

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For example...

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(Laughter)

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This awesome car!

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(Applause)

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It's not mine.

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This is someone else's car.

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(Laughter)

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Can we get this car because we are rich?

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No, it's not true at all, right?

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We can get this car by paying money

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because someone worked hard to create it.

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The truth is,
it's because there are people

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who do research, make an effort
to make a better one,

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and sell it to you,
you can just simply buy it.

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In fact, money is not special.

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A dream that requires money

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or a dream that is impossible
without money

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is, in fact, nothing but a service
that someone offers to you.

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That's what you'd be dreaming of.

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And the more we can't
accomplish something on our own,

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the more we will need to have
someone accomplish it for us.

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So you'll need
more and more money to live.

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But suppose you can manage it,

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the more things you can manage,

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the more you can help someone.

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So it can be your job.

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Maybe the important thing
for us to live for

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is finally being able to do
what we couldn't do before.

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It might be something wonderful for us.

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I believe that what dreams are about

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is pursuing what we cannot do now.

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I was determined
to pursue my favorite things.

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However, nobody around me understood me,

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like my friends, teachers,
and even my parents.

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They said to me,

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"Are you really sure
about doing that stuff?"

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"It is meaningless, isn't it?"

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"Are you just trying to show off?"

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I became lonely.

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I was not able to share
my favorite things with others.

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However, I had those who supported me.

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They were in books.

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They were the Wright brothers
and Edison.

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Just like me, nobody could
understand them either,

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and no one even supported them.

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However, they kept on
doing their very best.

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It was such great men that saved me.

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That's why I would not give up.

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I came to like my favorite things more,

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and developed my abilities more.

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I was good at cutting paper.

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I developed the skill
and made much more things.

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And then I set up my company
to make electromagnets for recycling.

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So, somehow I had to run a company.

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It was my first time doing that,
but it was surprisingly successful.

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(Laughter)

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(Applause)

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Our annual sales increased almost tenfold.

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I became conceited
and it became a huge failure.

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(Laughter)

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I got into 200 million yen of debt.

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I thought it was all my fault.

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I thought I had to manage
everything by myself.

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I took on worries alone.

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I blamed myself.

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After that, I did walk-in sales
throughout Japan

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and only got terrible experiences.

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So every time I took an airplane,

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I devoutly prayed
that the plane would crash.

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But the planes never crashed.

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Eventually, I became a man
who could be nasty and cruel.

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I could defeat and trick rivals.

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However, I never thought
about what their families were like.

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When our sales began increasing,
a bank clerk praised me.

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However, my thinking was totally off,

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so I couldn't trust anybody.

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I was alone.

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I could see everything
only from a logical point of view.

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In the end, I even thought

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that I would throw away
all of what was dear to me.

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But at that time,

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because my company
was in a difficult situation,

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a variety of people all over Japan
gave me advice.

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"You might want to join
Junior Chamber International.

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It will increase your profit."

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So with evil intent, I joined JCI.

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(Laughter)

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But it didn't translate into any profit.

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(Laughter)

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However, I got an opportunity
to meet new, amazing people there.

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I made friends.

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One of them asked me
to work at a foster home as a volunteer.

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Even though we prepared
in earnest for going there,

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it turned out that the children there

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were those who had been abused
by their parents.

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No one came close to us at first.

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However, after we tried
to get along with the kids,

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when we were leaving,
they said, "Don't go."

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They wanted to talk with us more.

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When I was about to leave with my friend,

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talking about things like,
"We did something good, right?

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Where are we going to drink?,"

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one boy told me his dream.

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It was to live with his parents again.

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I couldn't believe it.

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I wondered why he still loved his parents,
who had abused him.

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I thought I couldn't do anything good.

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Even if I donated money
or took him home with me to adopt,

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it wouldn't solve anything.

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The reason is that
he still loved his parents.

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I wondered why such thing happened,

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and what I was earning my money for,

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even at the cost of defeating others.

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I became confused.

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Various thoughts were
running around in my head.

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And then, I recalled my sealed memories.

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Soon after entering elementary school,

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I was really hated by my homeroom teacher.

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What I thought about life
and what my grandma told me,

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he'd say it was all impossible.

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"You will never be able
to make your dream come true,"

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he told me many times.

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My grandpa patted my head,

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but the teacher hit it over and over.

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Even though that was very painful for me,

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there were no adults to save me.

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I remembered what he said.

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He always used the word
"It's impossible, anyway."

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I thought it was an awful word.

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This is the worst phrase

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to deprive us
of confidence and possibility.

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But it's such an easy word
at the same time.

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This word can be a good excuse
for not doing anything.

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Because it makes you feel relieved,
that word is awful.

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Those who were forced to give up
their future by this word

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will lose their confidence.

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However, we cannot live
without confidence, no matter what.

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So some of them
who have lost their confidence

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start buying confidence with money
to adorn themselves.

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And they will have to boast about it

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or look down on others for it.

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Moreover, because others' success
is inconvenient for them,

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some of them start
hindering others' efforts.

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You might know such people around you.

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However, they are poor people
who have lost their confidence.

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In order to protect it,

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they might have no choice
but to take away others' confidence.

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In addition, my company had visitors
from Africa.

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After I talked about my story,
they told me theirs.

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Nowadays in Africa,

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"I am useless even though I study
and make an effort,"

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people with such thoughts

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who have given up
their dreams and possibilities

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eventually start killing
and robbing others.

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Because they can't do their best
and create anything new,

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their only choice is robbing.

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Sometimes with a violent assault.

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They also lie,

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pretend to be weak,
or deceive others to rob.

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But if we all robbed others,
our society wouldn't work.

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So I realized the awfulness of saying
"It's impossible, anyway."

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People are not born knowing this phrase.

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Then, when do we happen to learn it?

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I wondered if it is space
that teaches us the phrase.

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Since the universe is beautiful,

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everyone longs for it at least once
when we are little.

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But do you think
you can do space engineering?

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Has a notion taken hold of your mind

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that it costs a large amount of money,
unless you are really smart?

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Have you been convinced
that only the state can do it?

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Who taught you that?

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It is those who have never tried
that teach you such a thing.

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Those people tell us
that irresponsible excuse

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for not doing it.

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That makes us confused
about what we should do

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and what we can do.

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So I decided to eliminate the phrase
"It's impossible, anyway."

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If it is eliminated, bullying, violence,
and wars will disappear.

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I was hoping that child abuse
would disappear as well.

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That's why I started space engineering,

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which everyone thinks
is "impossible, anyway."

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However, I knew that it was not okay

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to build a rocket, because it's dangerous.

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So I had given it up.

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But God saved me.

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God let me meet Professor Nagata
from Hokkaido University.

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Miraculously, he was
researching safe rockets.

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And more miraculously, he was about
to give it up due to lack of funds.

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I had no funds, but I had the capability.

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These two people happened
to meet each other.

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Since that time, I have come to think
that there is a meaning in meeting people.

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God leads you to someone
whom you need to meet.

295
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Therefore, I believe
that I met every one of you today

296
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because God suggested that it is time.

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Professor Nagata and I
could help each other

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because we were imperfect.

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In fact, we can help each other

300
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because each of us doesn't have
everything they need.

301
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If we were perfect,
we wouldn't need others' help.

302
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Since we are imperfect,
we can help each other.

303
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That's why we shouldn't
make fun of someone imperfect.

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We don't have to be ashamed
of ourselves either.

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The important thing

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is that it's completely unnecessary
to blame ourselves,

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like "I can't do anything perfectly."

308
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Truth is, being incomplete is much better

309
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than doing nothing
or not being able to do anything.

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It's better to try than to do nothing.

311
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So I didn't have to blame myself

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or think badly of myself
because I had flaws.

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I just should have done things
that I was capable of doing.

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By lending a hand to each other,

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we can do space engineering today.

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Many researchers have come
to visit my company

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for experiments and research.

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And as many as 10,000 children
visit my company every year

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on a school trip or a field trip.

320
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To be frank, my company
has only 17 employees.

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(Laughter)

322
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It's a little bit tough.

323
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But I'm hoping
that as many children as possible

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won't be deprived of opportunities.

325
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My belief is that society will be improved

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if "It's impossible, anyway"
is eliminated.

327
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But there is a limit
to what I can do on my own,

328
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so by all means, I need friends.

329
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This dream might be unrealizable
in my lifetime.

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That's why I'd like you to give me a hand.

331
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From now on,

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when you hear "It's impossible, anyway,"

333
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please say, "Why don't you try
this way, instead?"

334
00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:14,220
Thanks to this simple phrase,
"It's impossible anyway" will disappear,

335
00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:17,534
and bullying and violence will disappear
from this world as well.

336
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So I beg for your help.

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Think about formal education.

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We've dedicated ourselves to learning it.

339
00:15:24,058 --> 00:15:27,190
Then, is formal education
about being graded?

340
00:15:27,190 --> 00:15:28,875
That is totally wrong.

341
00:15:28,875 --> 00:15:33,955
Education is what humankind has created
to solve social problems.

342
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It is something
which we've built up desperately.

343
00:15:36,701 --> 00:15:38,183
Then, what is education?

344
00:15:38,183 --> 00:15:41,815
Is education a how-to manual
for teaching a shrewd way of living,

345
00:15:41,815 --> 00:15:44,257
how to avoid failures or responsibilities?

346
00:15:44,257 --> 00:15:45,823
That is completely wrong.

347
00:15:45,823 --> 00:15:48,783
Education is about letting children
safely experience failures

348
00:15:48,783 --> 00:15:50,986
that wouldn't kill them.

349
00:15:50,986 --> 00:15:53,115
But somehow, it's gone entirely wrong.

350
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The reason is that there were a lot
of adults who considered failure bad.

351
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Such people have taken away
our sense of possibility and confidence.

352
00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:04,871
But it's going to be all right.

353
00:16:04,871 --> 00:16:07,798
In order to make Japan and the world
better in the future,

354
00:16:07,798 --> 00:16:10,988
we need more people who are eager to do
what they've never done

355
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and who do not give up
and can try another way.

356
00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:16,330
They are those who do not lose
to "It's impossible, anyway."

357
00:16:16,330 --> 00:16:17,720
Who are such people, then?

358
00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,803
The answer is every one of you.

359
00:16:19,803 --> 00:16:21,038
Everybody is like that.

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00:16:21,038 --> 00:16:25,354
It is because every person
experiences childhood, inevitably.

361
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Please remember your childhood.

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When we were little,

363
00:16:28,290 --> 00:16:30,593
if there was a button,
we wanted to push it.

364
00:16:30,593 --> 00:16:32,947
If there was a handle,
we wanted to turn it.

365
00:16:32,947 --> 00:16:35,707
Then we would get yelled at,
"Just quit it!"

366
00:16:35,707 --> 00:16:40,644
In fact, when people are born,
no one knows how to give up.

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00:16:40,644 --> 00:16:45,056
We all were born without
the knowledge of giving up.

368
00:16:45,056 --> 00:16:48,660
But we may have learned it
a little by now.

369
00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:53,919
There's just one sure-fire method for us
to regain our confidence.

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00:16:53,919 --> 00:16:57,167
Try what we have never done.

371
00:16:57,167 --> 00:17:00,815
Achieving what you've never done
will give you some confidence.

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00:17:00,815 --> 00:17:02,833
So, please try it.

373
00:17:05,439 --> 00:17:07,991
But if you try something new,
you might not succeed.

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00:17:07,991 --> 00:17:09,656
Watch this video of my experiment.

375
00:17:09,656 --> 00:17:11,202
The rocket flew up beautifully.

376
00:17:11,202 --> 00:17:12,260
No, it didn't.

377
00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:13,609
It went right down.

378
00:17:13,609 --> 00:17:14,609
(Laughter)

379
00:17:14,609 --> 00:17:15,734
What should we do?

380
00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:18,127
Throw away the controller
and run away.

381
00:17:18,127 --> 00:17:20,272
(Laughter)

382
00:17:20,857 --> 00:17:23,679
Nowadays, there really isn't
anyone who runs away

383
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like you just saw.

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00:17:26,394 --> 00:17:29,816
This video shows
that if you feel you're in danger,

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00:17:29,816 --> 00:17:31,731
it is OK to run away.

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00:17:31,731 --> 00:17:32,897
(Laughter)

387
00:17:32,897 --> 00:17:36,908
(Applause)

388
00:17:39,587 --> 00:17:41,349
Well, my experience tells me

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that some earnest, gentle and responsible
people die sooner than expected.

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00:17:45,220 --> 00:17:46,746
I don't want that to happen.

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00:17:46,746 --> 00:17:48,163
I want everyone to survive.

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00:17:48,163 --> 00:17:49,302
So if you feel unsafe,

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00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:51,467
it is absolutely OK to run away from it.

394
00:17:51,467 --> 00:17:52,644
But after that,

395
00:17:52,644 --> 00:17:53,972
even if you have failed,

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00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:55,280
run away, and given up,

397
00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,022
please do not blame yourself.

398
00:17:57,022 --> 00:17:58,476
Please do not feel down.

399
00:17:58,476 --> 00:17:59,818
You don't have to do that.

400
00:17:59,818 --> 00:18:01,837
But in a situation like this,

401
00:18:01,837 --> 00:18:04,260
you will feel hurt, sorry,

402
00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:06,322
frustrated, sad, and ashamed.

403
00:18:06,322 --> 00:18:08,438
The surge of emotions can be scary.

404
00:18:08,438 --> 00:18:10,933
But when you feel those complex emotions,

405
00:18:10,933 --> 00:18:13,325
just say, "I am growing right now!"

406
00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:16,094
Then, you'll be able to leave
something behind you.

407
00:18:16,094 --> 00:18:18,619
By all means, please try saying that.

408
00:18:18,619 --> 00:18:20,461
We only get one life.

409
00:18:20,461 --> 00:18:23,679
We live only one life, without rehearsal.

410
00:18:23,679 --> 00:18:26,357
Then, what were we born for?

411
00:18:27,324 --> 00:18:28,542
Think of it this way.

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00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:31,107
Failure is a stepping stone to success.

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00:18:31,107 --> 00:18:34,483
Because we are on the stage
with no rehearsal, it's natural to fail.

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00:18:34,483 --> 00:18:37,387
I hope that you consider failures
as data to learn from

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00:18:37,387 --> 00:18:38,415
and get over it.

416
00:18:38,415 --> 00:18:42,034
Moreover, we weren't born
to be helped or to give up.

417
00:18:42,034 --> 00:18:44,092
We were not born for such things.

418
00:18:44,092 --> 00:18:47,310
We were born to save the world.

419
00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:49,084
Saving the world is easy.

420
00:18:49,084 --> 00:18:54,198
If all the people who make up the world
just stop looking down on themselves,

421
00:18:54,198 --> 00:18:55,461
the world will be saved.

422
00:18:55,461 --> 00:18:59,142
This is the way to save the world
that each one of us can start on now.

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00:18:59,142 --> 00:19:00,899
So, please start saving the world.

424
00:19:00,899 --> 00:19:02,592
Don't think like "I'm no good."

425
00:19:02,592 --> 00:19:04,611
What we should do from this day forth

426
00:19:04,611 --> 00:19:07,152
is not to look for the reason
why we cannot do it.

427
00:19:07,152 --> 00:19:09,707
Instead, think and find the reason
why we can do it.

428
00:19:09,707 --> 00:19:12,625
Just following that rule will directly
make the world better.

429
00:19:12,625 --> 00:19:15,132
My long story is going to be over soon.

430
00:19:15,132 --> 00:19:17,687
I've loved airplanes and rockets
since I was little.

431
00:19:17,687 --> 00:19:20,081
But people with no experience
told me many times,

432
00:19:20,081 --> 00:19:21,623
"Your dream can't be possible."

433
00:19:21,623 --> 00:19:23,817
However, my mother told me
that "hope invites."

434
00:19:23,817 --> 00:19:26,317
I didn't stop hoping,
which made my dream possible.

435
00:19:26,317 --> 00:19:28,557
So, I'm sure that
not to lose hope is important.

436
00:19:28,557 --> 00:19:30,072
Before I finish my story,

437
00:19:30,088 --> 00:19:33,318
I'd like to give you one phrase
that will help your dream come true.

438
00:19:33,818 --> 00:19:36,955
It is, "Try this way instead,
and your dream will come true."

439
00:19:36,955 --> 00:19:39,908
Imagine that you are talking
to someone about your dream.

440
00:19:39,908 --> 00:19:42,062
If the person says, "That's impossible,"

441
00:19:42,062 --> 00:19:43,342
you'll lose spirit.

442
00:19:43,342 --> 00:19:45,497
But if you are told,
"Try this way instead.

443
00:19:45,497 --> 00:19:48,014
I saw a book that can be helpful,"

444
00:19:48,014 --> 00:19:50,527
or "I've seen a TV show
that may inspire you,"

445
00:19:50,527 --> 00:19:52,069
it'll cheer you up more.

446
00:19:52,069 --> 00:19:53,892
It'll be definitely more fun.

447
00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:55,977
So if you talk about dreams with somebody

448
00:19:55,977 --> 00:19:58,366
and say to each other,
"Try this way instead,"

449
00:19:58,366 --> 00:20:00,341
everyone's dream will come true.

450
00:20:00,341 --> 00:20:01,920
Everyone will become famous.

451
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,169
How wonderful, isn't it?

452
00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:07,279
I hope the phrase "Try this way instead"
will spread throughout the world.

453
00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:10,402
And then, I believe that
"It's impossible, anyway" will disappear.

454
00:20:10,402 --> 00:20:13,487
Let's spread the phrase
"Try this way, instead" by all means.

455
00:20:13,487 --> 00:20:16,305
Perhaps, it might be
the meaning of meeting you today.

456
00:20:16,305 --> 00:20:18,331
So I'd like us to help each other.

457
00:20:18,331 --> 00:20:21,026
I'll continue to do my very best, too.

458
00:20:21,026 --> 00:20:23,399
Because you and I shared
a valuable time together,

459
00:20:23,399 --> 00:20:25,268
I hope our friendship will last.

460
00:20:25,268 --> 00:20:26,822
Thank you very much.

461
00:20:26,830 --> 00:20:30,590
(Applause)

462
00:20:30,590 --> 00:20:31,820
Thank you.