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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.76,0:00:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Michaela DePrince.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.36,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first started to write my speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.29,0:00:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, maybe, I could give it\Na fairytale kind of twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.19,0:00:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But only because most people\Ntell me that my life is a fairytale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.55,0:00:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have to say I strongly disagree.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.98,0:00:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I got what I've always dreamed of,\Nbut I have to fight for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.96,0:00:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't always called Michaela DePrince.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My original name is Mabinty Bangura,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.23,0:00:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born in Sierra Leone,\NWest Africa in 1995,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.43,0:00:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four years after the bloody civil war.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.19,0:00:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This war would displace thousands of men,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.65,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would cause thousands of women\Nand children to be raped,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.64,0:01:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over 50,000 people would be killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.10,0:01:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents were among them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.57,0:01:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with vitiligo,\Na skin condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.68,0:01:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It left white patches all over my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.97,0:01:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.26,0:01:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Sierra Leone, they didn't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.17,0:01:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that just because I had\Nwhite patches on my skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.06,0:01:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was just born this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.63,0:01:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they thought I was a curse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.04,0:01:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started to call me\N"the devil's child,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.60,0:01:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because anybody who would look like this\Nwould be the child of the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.56,0:01:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ridiculed and harassed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.76,0:01:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I looked different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents tried to defend me\Nas much as they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they understood\NI'd never get married
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.78,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the way I looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.47,0:01:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tried to educate me,\Nthey taught me to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.43,0:01:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started to save\Nmoney for my education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.10,0:01:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when my parents passed away,\NI was defenseless and alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.14,0:02:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never been so scared in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.10,0:02:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My uncle took me to the orphanage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.11,0:02:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that he could never get\Na good price for me as a bride,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.53,0:02:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never came back for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.74,0:02:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the orphanage\Nwe were taken care of by aunties,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.70,0:02:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not like the aunties you have at home,\Nthe aunties who love you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.26,0:02:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They care about you\Nno matter what you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.40,0:02:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These aunties were uneducated women,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.17,0:02:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who only take care us to bring\Nfood home for their kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.36,0:02:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would wash our clothes\Nand give us food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these aunties had their favorites.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.08,0:02:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were 27 kids in the orphanage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.80,0:02:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 1 got the biggest portion\Nof food and the first choice of clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.78,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 27 got the smallest portion\Nof food and the last choice of clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.23,0:02:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was number 27.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.03,0:02:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyday in the orphanage,\NI was starving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.88,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never felt so alone before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.52,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could this happen to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.24,0:03:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is when I realized it was much easier\Nto not care about anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.64,0:03:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they always ended up leaving me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.55,0:03:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I made a friend in the orphanage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.13,0:03:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Mabinty, Mabinty Suma.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.22,0:03:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 26 was always in ill health,\Nsick, but she always had a kind heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.64,0:03:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was always [full of good cheer].
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.54,0:03:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 26 would always listen\Nto all my fears, and all my dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.03,0:03:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I was scared,\Nshe would sing to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.89,0:03:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I couldn't fall asleep,\Nshe would tell me a bedtime story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.19,0:03:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Number 26 is still doing that\N15 years later, as my sister Mia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.06,0:03:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.56,0:03:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the big wind threw a magazine\Nright onto the gate at the orphanage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.07,0:03:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reached out, and I grabbed it.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.77,0:03:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.47,0:04:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amazing creature, this person\NI have never seen before,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.30,0:04:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is on her tippytoes,\Nand in this beautiful pink costume.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.48,0:04:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what really struck me the most\Nwas the fact that she looked so happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.20,0:04:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't been happy in a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.18,0:04:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought to myself, if she is happy\Nbecause this is what she is doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.97,0:04:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, maybe, I could be happy too someday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.87,0:04:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to be this person, I just had to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.96,0:04:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to become something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.29,0:04:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ripped the cover off the magazine,\Nand put it in my underwear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.51,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had nowhere else to put it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as number 27,\NI didn't have anything to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.24,0:04:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would never give me \Ntoys or any clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.77,0:04:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so where else could I put it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.30,0:04:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, a teacher came\Nto the orphanage to teach us English.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.45,0:04:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was also pregnant at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.86,0:04:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed teacher Sarah the magazine cover,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.38,0:04:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she explained to me\Nthis person was dancing ballet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.17,0:04:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a ballerina.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.05,0:04:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be this ballerina,\NI just had to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.13,0:05:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd always go onto my tippytoes everyday\Nand practice just like the ballerina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.56,0:05:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, maybe, one day,\Nwith everything going so well,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I finally had somebody who cared about me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.83,0:05:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe one day I could be this ballerina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.90,0:05:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teacher Sarah cared about me so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.77,0:05:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she knew how important it was\Nfor me to get a good education,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.98,0:05:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she would always give me extra lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.36,0:05:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a few extra lessons, teacher Sarah\Nand I started to walk towards the gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.18,0:05:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me twirling around, trying to be\Nthe ballerina on the magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.17,0:05:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of a sudden,\Ntwo rebels come towards the gate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.54,0:05:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[with] a little rebel lagging behind them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.68,0:05:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And around the corner,\Na truck full of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.74,0:05:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were laughing and cheering.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.22,0:05:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must have been drinking a lot\Nor under some type of drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.80,0:05:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they saw us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.57,0:05:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They saw that teacher Sarah was pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.60,0:05:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started betting on\Nwhether or not it was a girl or a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.36,0:05:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they decided to find out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.49,0:06:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took their machetes out \Nand cut her stomach.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.65,0:06:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a baby girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.98,0:06:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was a boy, \Nmaybe she would have lived
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.09,0:06:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they would taught him\Nto become a rebel when he was older.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.87,0:06:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was a girl, so they cut\Nher arms and legs off in front of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.45,0:06:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tried to go save her\Nso I went underneath the gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.10,0:06:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The little boy thought\Nhe should try to copy the older rebels.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.82,0:06:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took his machete out\Nand cut my stomach.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.52,0:06:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that you've heard my story,\Nthe beginning of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.75,0:06:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you think it's a fairytale?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.04,0:06:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But soon, my life would turn around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.53,0:06:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon, I would have positivity in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.66,0:06:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would find out I was going to be adopted\Nby an American family.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.49,0:06:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a while\Nto get to my adopted family.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.43,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to walk, all the orphanages,\Nall the orphan kids had to walk
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Makeni, Sierra Leone,\Nall the way to New Guinea,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.90,0:07:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from New Guinea\Nwe took a plane to [the US].
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.95,0:07:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very sick when I got off the plane,\Nand just miserable, and you know...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.80,0:07:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could my life get any better?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.31,0:07:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a devil's child; of course\Nnothing good could happen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.59,0:07:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also I was miserable because I thought\NI would never see my best friend again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.18,0:07:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I saw her,\Nthe lady in the bright red shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.59,0:07:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the bright white, white, white hair;\NI have never seen anything like it before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.88,0:07:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was my new mamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.18,0:07:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She reached out and said,\N"I'm your new mamma."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.28,0:07:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She grabbed my hand,\Nand my best friend's hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.96,0:07:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walked us away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.06,0:07:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was getting adopted with my best friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.06,0:07:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got to the hotel,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.92,0:07:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once my mum put her luggage down,\NI looked through everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.22,0:08:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked through every nook and cranny
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.14,0:08:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find my pointe shoes,\Nmy tiara, and my tutu,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.91,0:08:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because isn't that\Nwhat always happens in a fairytale?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.16,0:08:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they weren't there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.04,0:08:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't speak any English,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.59,0:08:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought the only way I could show her\Nwas to show her the magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.80,0:08:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took it out of my underwear,\Nand I showed her,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.49,0:08:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she understood right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.61,0:08:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said: "You will dance."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.43,0:08:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got to the U.S.,\NI started taking ballet classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.78,0:08:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mum drove me every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.42,0:08:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except before my first ballet class,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.23,0:08:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so scared to show my spots\Nfor the kids to make fun of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.48,0:08:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I begged my mamma to please buy me \Na leotard to hide all my spots.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.88,0:08:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a long sleeved leotard\Nthat went all the way up to my neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.51,0:08:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so hot in it\Nshe had to take it off right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.76,0:08:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put on\Nmy pink leotards and tights.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.37,0:08:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to class once a week, twice a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.78,0:08:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, eventually,\Nby the time I was 10 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.65,0:08:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was dancing five times a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.34,0:09:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked as hard as I possibly could\Nbecause I had to be this ballerina;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.80,0:09:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the only way for me to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.79,0:09:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while I was working hard,\NI lost somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.75,0:09:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost my 24-year-old brother, Teddy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.55,0:09:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the person who made me\Nbe able to trust men again,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.85,0:09:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not be scared of black men\Nwho were shouting,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.99,0:09:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not be scared of men in general,\Nto not be scared of my own father.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.57,0:09:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, this is what always happens\Nwhen I care about people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.90,0:09:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always die and leave me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.47,0:09:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to push my family away
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.06,0:09:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if they died and left me\NI don't know what I could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.01,0:09:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want them to die\Nbecause I cared about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.80,0:09:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my parents were able to convince me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.01,0:09:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even though the people\NI love may die,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.09,0:09:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their love will always stay with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.74,0:09:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their love is a part of who I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.86,0:10:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked hard for many, many years.\Nand then, finally, my hard work paid off.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.33,0:10:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got accepted\Ninto a professional ballet company.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.86,0:10:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had become the ballerina\Nthat I've always dreamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.10,0:10:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.24,0:10:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could this happen to me?\NAgain, I was the devil's child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.81,0:10:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With all this hard work going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.28,0:10:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think that any dream\Nlike this could ever come true.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.52,0:10:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very happy, finally. For once.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.55,0:10:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reason why I am here today,\Nthe reason why I am telling you my story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.14,0:10:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because I want to encourage\Nyoung people to aspire to dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.26,0:10:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want people to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.99,0:10:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is OK to be different,\Nit is OK to stand out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.25,0:10:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm different.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.02,0:10:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to understand\Nto believe in yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.87,0:10:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe that you have talent\Neven if you don't think you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.51,0:10:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what circumstances\Nyou are under,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.57,0:10:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how poor, or how sad\Nyou are at any given moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.16,0:11:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.99,0:11:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And dare to dream.\NDare to push boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.93,0:11:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dare to be different, dare\Nto stand out, and all above.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.28,0:11:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last but not least,\Ndon't be afraid of living and loving.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.38,0:11:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is how I express myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.37,0:11:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ballet dancing)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.51,0:12:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)