ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Bezos - Activist, volunteer firefighter
Mark Bezos works at Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting charity in New York City, and the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company in suburban New York.

Why you should listen

Mark Bezos is the SVP, Development, Communications & Events at Robin Hood, the leading poverty-fighting charity in New York City. Bezos joined Robin Hood following the sale of his advertising agency, excited to have found a way to use his powers of persuasion for good.

Bezos is the Assistant Captain of a volunteer fire company in Westchester County, New York, where he lives with his wife and four children. He is continuously amazed and motivated by the everyday acts of heroism--big and small--that surround him.

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Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

Mark Bezos: Una lliçó sobre la vida d'un bomber voluntari

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Mark Bezos, bomber voluntari, explica la història d'un acte d'heroisme que no va sortir com ell esperava, però que li va ensenyar una gran lliçó: No esperis per a ser un heroi.
- Activist, volunteer firefighter
Mark Bezos works at Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting charity in New York City, and the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company in suburban New York. Full bio

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Back in NewNou YorkYork, I am the headcap of developmentdesenvolupament
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sóc el director de desenvolupament
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for a non-profitsense ànim de lucre calledanomenat RobinRobin HoodCaputxa.
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d'una fundació sense ànim de lucre
anomenada Robin Hood.
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When I'm not fightinglluitant povertypobresa, I'm fightinglluitant firesincendis
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Quan no lluito contra la pobresa,
ho faig contra els incendis
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as the assistantAssistent captaincapità of a volunteervoluntari firefoc companyempresa.
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com a cap adjunt
d'una empresa de bombers voluntaris.
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Now in our townciutat,
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Actualment a la nostra ciutat,
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where the volunteersvoluntaris supplementsuplement a highlymolt skilledexpert careercarrera staffpersonal,
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on els voluntaris complementen un equip
de professionals altament qualificats,
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you have to get to the firefoc sceneescena prettybonic earlyaviat
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s'ha d'arribar bastant prompte
al lloc de l'incendi
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to get in on any actionacció.
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per poder participar en l'acció.
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I rememberrecorda my first firefoc.
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Em recordo del meu primer incendi.
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I was the secondsegon volunteervoluntari on the sceneescena,
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Vaig ser el segon voluntari
a arribar al lloc,
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so there was a prettybonic good chanceoportunitat I was going to get in.
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així que tenia bastantes
possibilitats d'entrar.
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But still it was a realreal footracefootrace againsten contra the other volunteersvoluntaris
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Però faltava la carrera
contra els altres voluntaris
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to get to the captaincapità in chargecàrrec
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per arribar al cap a càrrec
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to find out what our assignmentsassignacions would be.
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i descobrir quines serien
les nostres tasques.
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When I foundtrobat the captaincapità,
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Quan vaig trobar el cap,
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he was havingtenint a very engagingatractiu conversationconversa
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estava embrancat
en una conversa molt seriosa
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with the homeowneramo de casa,
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amb la propietària de l'habitatge,
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who was surelysegurament havingtenint one of the worstel pitjor daysdies of her life.
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que segurament tenia
un dels pitjors dies de la seua vida.
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Here it was, the middlemig of the night,
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Era allà dreta, enmig de la nit,
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she was standingdempeus outsidefora in the pouringabocant rainpluja,
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a la intempèrie,
sota la pluja intensa,
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undersota an umbrellaparaigua, in her pajamaspijames, barefootdescalç,
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tapada amb un paraigües,
en pijama, descalça,
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while her housecasa was in flamesflames.
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mentre la seua casa cremava en flames.
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The other volunteervoluntari who had arrivedva arribar just before me --
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El voluntari que havia arribat
just abans que jo,
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let's call him LexLex LutherLuter --
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anomenem-lo "Lex Luthor",
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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got to the captaincapità first
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va arribar al cap primer
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and was askedpreguntat to go insidedins
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i li van demanar que entrés
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and saveguardar the homeowner'sde l'amo de casa doggos.
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i salvés el gos de la propietària.
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The doggos! I was stunnedsorprès with jealousygelosia.
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El gos! Em moria d'enveja.
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Here was some lawyeradvocat or moneydiners managergerent
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Davant tenia un advocat
o administrador de fons
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who, for the restdescans of his life, getses posa to tell people
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que, durant la resta de la seua vida,
podria contar a la gent
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that he wentva anar into a burningcrema buildingedifici
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que havia entrat en una casa en flames
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to saveguardar a livingvivent creaturecriatura,
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per salvar un ésser viu,
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just because he beatbatre me by fivecinc secondssegons.
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només perquè m'havia superat
per cinc segons.
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Well, I was nextPròxim.
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Bé, jo era el següent.
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The captaincapità wavedsaludar me over.
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El cap em va fer senyals
per a que m'hi apropés.
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He said, "BezosBezos, I need you to go into the housecasa.
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Em va dir: "Bezos, necessito
que entris en la casa.
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I need you to go upstairspis de dalt, pastpassat the firefoc,
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Necessito que pugis les escales,
travessis el foc,
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and I need you to get this womandona a pairparell of shoessabates."
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i necessito que li portis a esta dona
un parell de sabates."
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(LaughterRiure)
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I swearjura.
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Ho juro.
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So, not exactlyexactament what I was hopingesperant for,
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No era exactament el que esperava,
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but off I wentva anar --
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però allà vaig anar:
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up the stairsescales, down the hallsaló, pastpassat the 'real'"real" firefightersBombers,
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Escales amunt, travessant el vestíbul,
passant els bombers "de veritat",
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who were prettybonic much donefet puttingposant out the firefoc at this pointpunt,
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que en aquell moment
ja quasi havien apagat el foc,
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into the mastermestre bedroomdormitori to get a pairparell of shoessabates.
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i fins a l'habitació principal
per agafar un parell de sabates.
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Now I know what you're thinkingpensant,
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Sé el que esteu pensant,
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but I'm no heroheroi.
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però no sóc cap heroi.
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(LaughterRiure)
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I carriedportat my payloadcàrrega útil back downstairsa la planta baixa
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Vaig transportar la meua càrrega
de nou escales avall,
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where I metes va reunir my nemesisNèmesi
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on em vaig trobar amb el meu nèmesi
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and the preciouspreciós doggos by the frontfront doorporta.
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i el preat gos a la porta principal.
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We tookva prendre our treasurestresors outsidefora to the homeowneramo de casa,
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Vam traure els nostres tresors
i els vam donar a la propietària.
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where, not surprisinglysorprenentment,
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Evidentment,
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his receivedrebut much more attentionatenció than did minemeu.
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el seu va rebre
molta més atenció que el meu.
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A fewpocs weekssetmanes latermés tard,
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Unes setmanes després,
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the departmentdepartament receivedrebut a lettercarta from the homeowneramo de casa
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el departament va rebre
una carta de la propietària
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thankingagraint us for the valiantvalents effortesforç displayedes mostra
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agraint-nos el valerós esforç realitzat
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in savingestalvi her home.
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en salvar la seua casa.
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The actactuar of kindnessbondat she notedassenyalar abovea dalt all othersaltres:
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Va remarcar un acte de bondat
per damunt dels altres:
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someonealgú had even gottenaconseguit her a pairparell of shoessabates.
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Algú inclús li havia aconseguit
un parell de sabates.
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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In bothtots dos my vocationvocació at RobinRobin HoodCaputxa
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Tant en la meua vocació
a Robin Hood
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and my avocationvocació as a volunteervoluntari firefighterbomber,
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com en el meu passatemps
com a bomber voluntari,
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I am witnesstestimoni to actsactes of generositygenerositat and kindnessbondat
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sóc testimoni
d'actes de generositat i bondat
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on a monumentalmonumental scaleescala,
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a una escala descomunal,
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but I'm alsotambé witnesstestimoni to actsactes of graceGràcia and couragevalentia
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però també sóc testimoni
d'actes de gràcia i coratge
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on an individualindividual basisbase.
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a títol individual.
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And you know what I've learnedaprès?
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I sabeu què he après?
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They all mattermatèria.
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Que tots ells són importants.
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So as I look around this roomhabitació
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Així que mentre miro en esta sala
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at people who eithertampoc have achievedaconseguit,
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a gent que, o bé ha aconseguit,
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or are on theirels seus way to achievingaconseguir,
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o està en el camí d'aconseguir,
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remarkablenotable levelsnivells of successèxit,
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nivells importants d'èxit,
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I would offeroferta this reminderrecordatori:
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us ofereixo este recordatori:
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don't wait.
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No espereu.
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Don't wait untilfins a you make your first millionmilions
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No espereu a haver guanyat
el primer milió
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to make a differencediferència in somebody'salgú life.
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per marcar la diferència
en la vida d'algú.
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If you have something to give,
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Si teniu alguna cosa a oferir,
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give it now.
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feu-la ara.
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ServeServir foodmenjar at a soupsopa kitchencuina. CleanNetejar up a neighborhoodbarri parkparc.
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Serviu menjar en un menjador benèfic,
netegeu el parc del barri,
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Be a mentormentor.
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feu-vos mentors.
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Not everycada day is going to offeroferta us a chanceoportunitat
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No tots el dies tindrem l'oportunitat
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to saveguardar somebody'salgú life,
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de salvar la vida a algú,
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but everycada day offersofertes us an opportunityoportunitat to affectafectar one.
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però tots els dies tenim l'oportunitat
d'afectar-ne una.
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So get in the gamejoc. SaveDesa the shoessabates.
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Així que entreu en el joc,
salveu les sabates.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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BrunoBruno GiussaniGiussani: MarkMark, MarkMark, come back.
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(Bruno Giussani) Mark, torna.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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MarkMark BezosBezos: Thank you.
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(Mark Bezos) Gràcies.
Translated by Antonio Pedrós
Reviewed by Guillermo Parra

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Bezos - Activist, volunteer firefighter
Mark Bezos works at Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting charity in New York City, and the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company in suburban New York.

Why you should listen

Mark Bezos is the SVP, Development, Communications & Events at Robin Hood, the leading poverty-fighting charity in New York City. Bezos joined Robin Hood following the sale of his advertising agency, excited to have found a way to use his powers of persuasion for good.

Bezos is the Assistant Captain of a volunteer fire company in Westchester County, New York, where he lives with his wife and four children. He is continuously amazed and motivated by the everyday acts of heroism--big and small--that surround him.

More profile about the speaker
Mark Bezos | Speaker | TED.com

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