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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.79,0:00:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pick up the pencil,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.96,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I ask myself, "Why?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.96,0:00:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no story to tell,\Nno pain, no reason to write.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.58,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staring at the blank page,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thought (snaps her fingers)\Nwanders before me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.08,0:00:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.29,0:00:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reaching out to grab it, my hands\Nstretched out as far as I can, and -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.33,0:00:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- nothing!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.75,0:00:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all lost: all thought, all purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.63,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I stare at the paper again -\Nfor hours it seems!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I look up at the clock shining 1 p.m.,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.81,0:01:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready to take a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.08,0:01:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standing up, fist clenched,\Nshoulders broadened -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.17,0:01:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I had realized I'd started at 12:59.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.58,0:01:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that hunched me back over\Nwhile releasing a sigh.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.13,0:01:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I continue to stare,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.67,0:01:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for that booklet\Nof notebook paper to work its magic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.42,0:01:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stare back at me, and blink.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.00,0:01:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what fuels me:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.33,0:01:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sense of accomplishment\Nthat I couldn't receive from the clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.84,0:01:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the time slips away,\NI realize I'm not alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.88,0:01:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost and abandoned in this blank page.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.50,0:01:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you find yourself,\Nand you're reaching for that sparkle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.79,0:01:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to grab it, but pull back;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.24,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have emotion\N[that] builds up inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but [you] can't seem to find\Nthe words to release it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.95,0:01:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to release you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.91,0:02:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am trapped, my feet glued to the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.91,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cluttered closet\Nof insignificant thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.74,0:02:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searching for the one to set me free,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.51,0:02:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill up the emptiness\Nof that blank page.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.81,0:02:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time, this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.65,0:02:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I look back at that page,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.85,0:02:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see words.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.59,0:02:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you battle\Nwith that first blank page,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.02,0:02:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those words you can't seem to find,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.53,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just pick up that pencil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.61,0:02:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I did mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.78,0:02:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)