ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Sara Ramirez - Singer, songwriter, actress
Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences.

Why you should listen

Sara Ramirez has been known to viewers for the past 11 years as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Callie Torres on ABC's drama "Grey's Anatomy." Prior to that role, Ramirez was seen on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot as Lady of the Lake, for which she earned both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Ramirez graduated from the Juilliard Drama School. Shortly after graduation, she made her Broadway debut starring in Paul Simon's The Capeman. Following that, she starred on Broadway in Fascinating Rhythm and A Class Act, as well as Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues. For the past four seasons, Ramirez has been the voice of Queen Miranda in the Disney Channel animated series, "Sofia The First.," She has also appeared on "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch" and "Spin City." In 2011, she captured a whole new audience when she performed the most prominent songs on the special music event episode of "Grey's Anatomy" and released her own EP on iTunes.

Most recently, Ramirez co-hosted and performed at TED Talks Live on PBS, and produced two films: Loserville (released in fall 2016 in partnership with the Pacer Foundation's Center for Bullying Prevention & Stomp Out Bullying) and the virtual reality film experience Out of Exile: Daniel’s Story, an Official Selection Sundance Film Festival and Lumiere Award nominee directed by Nonny de la Peña. Her next executive producing project is The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a documentary by filmmaker David France of How to Survive a Plague about LGBTQ civil rights transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.

In 2015, Ramirez was awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. In addition to her role as a member of the True Colors Fund’s Board of Directors, she supports The True Colors Fund, Bisexual Organizing Project, NDLON, Mujerez De Maiz, The Task Force and The San Diego/New York/San Francisco LGBT Centers.

(Photo: Paul Gregory)

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Michael Pemberton - Actor, singer/songwriter
Michael Pemberton is a New York-based actor and singer/songwriter.

Why you should listen

Michael Pemberton has been a working actor and singer-songwriter in New York City for over 20 years. He has appeared in numerous films, television and stage productions from regional theater to Broadway. The Michael Pemberton Band has appeared in many of New York's most storied venues including The Bitter End, Birdland, Joe's Pub and, proudly with his friend and collaborator Sara Ramirez, at Town Hall for Ted Talks Live. He is the lucky husband of Andrea, and proud Dad to Katie, Jared and Megan.

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TED Talks Live

Sara Ramirez: "Rollercoaster"

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Die Sängerin, Songwriterin und Schauspielerin Sara Ramirez ist eine Frau mit vielen Talenten. Zusammen mit Michael Pemberton an der Gitarre singt Sara Ramirez in diesem Live-Auftritt ihres Liedes "Rollercoaster" über Chancen, Weisheit und die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens.
- Singer, songwriter, actress
Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences. Full bio - Actor, singer/songwriter
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you can ringRing that bellGlocke,
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when the rideReiten is over,
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Wann die Fahrt zu Ende ist
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you can never tell.
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weiß man nie
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People tell you this one thing --
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Leute sagen dir, diese eine Sache --
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will make your life completekomplett.
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macht dein Leben komplett.
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So you,
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you give it everything you got
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gibst du dein Bestes
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and you windWind up on the streetStraße.
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und landest auf der Straße
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Then one day you wakeaufwachen up,
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Dann wachst du eines Tages auf
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and they tell you "you're a queenKönigin,"
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but then you find that someonejemand elsesonst
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is pullingziehen on the stringsSaiten.
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die Fäden zieht.
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but the lowsTiefs,
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oh, they can be hellHölle.
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You can grabgreifen the ringRing,
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Du kannst den Ring greifen
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you can ringRing that bellGlocke,
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when the rideReiten is over,
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weiß man nie
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you can never tell.
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Derjenige, den du liebst
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The one you love,
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they love you --
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der liebt dich auch --
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oh yeah --
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oh ja --
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untilbis the endEnde of time.
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bis ans Ende der Zeit.
Aber verlierst du dein Können
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But loseverlieren your edgeRand or loseverlieren your coolcool,
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they will dropfallen you like a dimeDime.
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lassen sie dich fallen wie eine Münze
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EveryoneAlle is crowdingVerdrängung 'round'runden
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Alle umringen dich
wenn das Glück dein Freund ist
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when fortuneVermögen is your friendFreund.
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When your luckGlück is runningLaufen out,
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bist du wieder ganz allein
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you're all aloneallein again.
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Wo die Höhen himmlisch sind
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but the lowsTiefs,
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Aber die Tiefen
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oh, they can be hellHölle.
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oh, sie können die Hölle sein
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You can grabgreifen the ringRing,
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Du kannst den Ring greifen
Du kannst die Glocke läuten
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you can ringRing that bellGlocke,
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when the rideReiten is over
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Wann die Fahrt zu Ende ist
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you can never tell.
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Well, maybe I'm just cynicalzynisch,
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Vielleicht bin ich einfach zynisch
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and all these wordsWörter are liesLügen,
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und all diese Worte sind Lügen
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but experienceErfahrung keepshält tellingErzählen me
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that the cautiousvorsichtig one is wiseweise.
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dass der Vorsichtige weise ist
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But cautionVorsicht makesmacht you hesitatezögern,
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Aber Vorsicht bringt dich zum Zögern
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and hesitatezögern you're losthat verloren,
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und wer zögert, ist verloren
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so take your opportunitiesChancen
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and never countGraf the costKosten.
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Where the highsHöhen are heavenHimmel,
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but the lowsTiefs,
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oh, sie können die Hölle sein
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oh, they can be hellHölle.
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you can ringRing that bellGlocke,
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when the rideReiten is over --
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over, over,
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zu Ende, zu Ende
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you can never, ever tell.
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Thank you so much.
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Ich danke Ihnen vielmals.
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Thank you.
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Vielen Dank.
Translated by David Heß
Reviewed by Johanna Pichler

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Sara Ramirez - Singer, songwriter, actress
Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences.

Why you should listen

Sara Ramirez has been known to viewers for the past 11 years as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Callie Torres on ABC's drama "Grey's Anatomy." Prior to that role, Ramirez was seen on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot as Lady of the Lake, for which she earned both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Ramirez graduated from the Juilliard Drama School. Shortly after graduation, she made her Broadway debut starring in Paul Simon's The Capeman. Following that, she starred on Broadway in Fascinating Rhythm and A Class Act, as well as Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues. For the past four seasons, Ramirez has been the voice of Queen Miranda in the Disney Channel animated series, "Sofia The First.," She has also appeared on "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch" and "Spin City." In 2011, she captured a whole new audience when she performed the most prominent songs on the special music event episode of "Grey's Anatomy" and released her own EP on iTunes.

Most recently, Ramirez co-hosted and performed at TED Talks Live on PBS, and produced two films: Loserville (released in fall 2016 in partnership with the Pacer Foundation's Center for Bullying Prevention & Stomp Out Bullying) and the virtual reality film experience Out of Exile: Daniel’s Story, an Official Selection Sundance Film Festival and Lumiere Award nominee directed by Nonny de la Peña. Her next executive producing project is The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a documentary by filmmaker David France of How to Survive a Plague about LGBTQ civil rights transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.

In 2015, Ramirez was awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. In addition to her role as a member of the True Colors Fund’s Board of Directors, she supports The True Colors Fund, Bisexual Organizing Project, NDLON, Mujerez De Maiz, The Task Force and The San Diego/New York/San Francisco LGBT Centers.

(Photo: Paul Gregory)

More profile about the speaker
Sara Ramirez | Speaker | TED.com
Michael Pemberton - Actor, singer/songwriter
Michael Pemberton is a New York-based actor and singer/songwriter.

Why you should listen

Michael Pemberton has been a working actor and singer-songwriter in New York City for over 20 years. He has appeared in numerous films, television and stage productions from regional theater to Broadway. The Michael Pemberton Band has appeared in many of New York's most storied venues including The Bitter End, Birdland, Joe's Pub and, proudly with his friend and collaborator Sara Ramirez, at Town Hall for Ted Talks Live. He is the lucky husband of Andrea, and proud Dad to Katie, Jared and Megan.

More profile about the speaker
Michael Pemberton | Speaker | TED.com