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Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough
Joshua Walters: O tom byť dostatočné bláznivý
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Komik Joshua Walters, s bipolárnou poruchou, sa pohybuje na hranici medzi duševnou chorobou a duševnou "zručnosťou." V tejto vtipnej a podnetnej prednáške sa pýta: Aká je ta správna rovnováha medzi liekmi potláčaným šialenstvom, a bláznivou kreativitou a snažením.
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activist
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ... Full bio
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ... Full bio
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My name is Joshua Walters.
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Moje meno je Joshua Walters.
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I'm a performer.
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Som umelec.
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(Beatboxing)
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(robí beatbox)
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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(Applause)
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(potlesk)
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But as far as being a performer,
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Okrem toho, že som umelec,
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I'm also diagnosed
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som taktiež diagnostikovaný
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bipolar.
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bipolárnou poruchou.
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I reframe that as a positive
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Považujem to za pozitívne,
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because the crazier I get onstage,
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pretože čím bláznivejší som na javisku,
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the more entertaining I become.
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tým zábavnejší som.
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When I was 16 in San Francisco,
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V San Franciscu, keď mi bolo 16,
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I had my breakthrough manic episode
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som mal prielomovú maniakálnu chvíľku,
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in which I thought I was Jesus Christ.
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keď som myslel, že som Ježiš.
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Maybe you thought that was scary,
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Možno si myslite, že to bolo desivé,
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but actually there's no amount of drugs you can take
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ale pravdou je, že niet takého množstva drog, ktoré
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that can get you as high
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by vás dostali tak "vysoko",
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as if you think you're Jesus Christ.
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ako keď si myslite, že ste Ježiš.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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I was sent to a place,
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Poslali ma teda na miesto,
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a psych ward,
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na psychiatrickú liečebňu,
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and in the psych ward,
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a tam
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everyone is doing their own one-man show.
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si každý robí svoje one-man show.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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There's no audience like this
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Nemajú tam také publikum ako tu,
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to justify their rehearsal time.
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ktoré by bolo dôvodom ich nácviku.
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They're just practicing.
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Proste len tak nacvičujú.
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One day they'll get here.
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Jedného dňa sa sem možno dostanú.
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Now when I got out,
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Keď som sa odtiaľ dostal von,
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I was diagnosed
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bol som diagnostikovaný,
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and I was given medications
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a psychiater
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by a psychiatrist.
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mi dal lieky.
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"Okay, Josh, why don't we give you some --
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"Okej Josh, prečo ti nedáme nejaké --
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why don't we give you some Zyprexa.
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prečo ti nedáme povedzme Zyprexa.
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Okay? Mmhmm?
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Okej? Hmmm?
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At least that's what it says on my pen."
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Prinajmenšom to mám napísane na pere."
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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Some of you are in the field, I can see.
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Niektorí z vás sú z oboru, to vidím.
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I can feel your noise.
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"Cítim" váš hrmot.
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The first half of high school
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Prvá polovica mojej strednej školy
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was the struggle of the manic episode,
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bola o zápasení s bláznivými epizódami
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and the second half
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a ta druhá,
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was the overmedications of these drugs,
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tú som prespal
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where I was sleeping through high school.
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v dôsledku toľkého množstva liekov čo mi dávali.
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The second half was just one big nap, pretty much, in class.
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Druhá polovica bola v podstate jedno dlhé zdriemnutie si v laviciach školy.
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When I got out
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Keď som sa odtiaľ dostal,
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I had a choice.
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mal som na výber.
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I could either deny
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Mohol som naďalej popierať
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my mental illness
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moju mentálnu chorobu,
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or embrace
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alebo brať veci
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my mental skillness.
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také aké sú.
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(Bugle sound)
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(trúbenie)
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There's a movement going on right now
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Práve prebieha snaha o zmenu,
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to reframe mental illness as a positive --
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ktorá "vykresľuje" mentálnu chorobu ako niečo pozitívne --
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at least the hypomanic edge part of it.
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prinajmenšom tu jej hypomanickú časť.
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Now if you don't know what hypomania is,
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Ak neviete, čo hypománia je,
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it's like an engine that's out of control,
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tak je to ako motor bez kontroly,
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maybe a Ferrari engine, with no breaks.
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možno Ferrari motor, bez bŕzd.
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Many of the speakers here, many of you in the audience,
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Veľa dnešných prednášajúcich, a veľa z vás v publiku,
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have that creative edge,
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má tu svoju kreatívnu hranicu,
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if you know what I'm talking about.
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ak viete o čom hovorím.
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You're driven to do something
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Ste hnaní spraviť niečo,
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that everyone has told you is impossible.
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čo vám niekto vraví, že je nemožné.
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And there's a book -- John Gartner.
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Je tu jedna kniha od Johna Gartnera.
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John Gartner wrote this book called "The Hypomanic Edge"
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John Gartner napísal knihu "Hypomanická Hranica"
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in which Christopher Columbus and Ted Turner and Steve Jobs
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v ktorej Christopher Columbus, Ted Turner a Steve Jobs
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and all these business minds
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a všetky tie obchodné mozgy
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have this edge to compete.
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majú túto výhodu v súťaži.
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A different book was written not too long ago
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Trochu iná kniha bola napísaná nedávno,
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in the mid-90s
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v polovici 90-tých rokov,
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called "Touched With Fire" by Kay Redfield Jamison
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nazvaná " Dotknutý ohňom" od Kay Redfield Jamison,
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in which it was looked at in a creative sense
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v ktorej bolo nahliadnuté na tu kreatívnu čast
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in which Mozart and Beethoven and Van Gogh
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Mozarta, Beethovena a Van Gogha,
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all have this manic depression that they were suffering with.
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hoci všetci títo mali svoje bláznivé depresie, ktorými trpeli.
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Some of them committed suicide.
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Niektorí z nich spáchali samovraždu.
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So it wasn't all
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Takže to nebola
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the good side of the illness.
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len dobrá stránka choroby.
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Now recently,
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Poslednú dobu,
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there's been development in this field.
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bol v tomto smere zaznamenaný pokrok.
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And there was an article written in the New York Times,
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V New York Times o tom bol článok
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September 2010,
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v septembri 2010,
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that stated:
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v ktorom bolo napísane:
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"Just Manic Enough."
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"Tak akurát bláznivý"
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Just be manic enough
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Byť tak akurát bláznivým
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in which investors who are looking for entrepreneurs
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investorom hľadajúcim podnikateľov,
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that have this kind of spectrum --
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ktorý má tento druh spektra --
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you know what I'm talking about --
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viete čo tým myslím --
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not maybe full bipolar,
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nie úplne bipolárny,
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but they're in the bipolar spectrum --
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ale byť v tom spektre --
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where on one side,
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kde na jednej strane,
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maybe you think you're Jesus,
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si myslíte, že ste Ježiš,
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and on the other side
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a zase na druhej,
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maybe they just make you a lot of money.
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že vám možno zarobia kopec peňazí.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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Your call. Your call.
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Vaša voľba.Vaša voľba.
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And everyone's somewhere in the middle.
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A každý z nás je niekde v strede.
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Everyone's somewhere in the middle.
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Každý tam niekde je.
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So maybe, you know,
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Takže možno, viete,
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there's no such thing
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neexistuje nič také
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as crazy,
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ako byť blázon,
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and being diagnosed with a mental illness
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a byť diagnostikovaný touto duševnou chorobou
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doesn't mean you're crazy.
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neznamená, že ste blázon.
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But maybe it just means
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Ale možno to len znamená,
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you're more sensitive
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že ste viac citliví,
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to what most people can't see
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na to čo väčšina ľudí nemôže vidieť
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or feel.
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alebo cítiť.
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Maybe no one's really crazy.
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Možnože nikto nie je skutočne bláznivý.
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Everyone is just a little bit mad.
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Každý je len trochu bláznivý.
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How much
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Ako veľmi,
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depends on where you fall in the spectrum.
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to závisí kde sa pohybujte v tom spektre.
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How much
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Ako veľmi
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depends on how lucky you are.
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taktiež závisí aké máte šťastie.
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Thank you.
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Vďaka.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activistJoshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ...
Why you should listen
Joshua Walters is a comedian, poet, educator and performer. He incorporates elements of spoken word and beatbox into his shows in a mash-up of comedy, intimate reflection and unpredictable antics. In the last two years, Walters has performed at theaters and universities throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.
His eclectic combination of performance disciplines and activity as an educator in mental health has given Walters a national platform and audience. In 2002, Walters co-founded the DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance) Young Adults Chapter in San Francisco, one of the few support groups specifically for mentally ill young adults in the country. As a facilitator, Walters developed humor to address the subject of mental illness, reframing it as a positive. Walters speaks as a mental health educator and has engaged in mental health advocacy at conventions and in classrooms nationwide.
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