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Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...
Sara Kej: Kad bih imala ćerku...
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"Ako budem imala ćerku, umesto mama, zvaće me Tačka B..." počela je svoj govor pesnikinja usmenog izražavanja, Sara Kej, govor koji je izazvao dve ovacije na TED2011. Ona predstavlja priču svoje metarmofoze - od tinejdžerke širom otvorenih očiju uronjene u rimu njujorškog "Bowery Poetry" kluba do učiteljice koja povezuje decu sa snagom sopstvenog izražavanja kroz projekat V.O.I.C.E. - i dva srceparajuća izvođenja pesama "B" i "Hirošima."
Sarah Kay - Poet
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
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If I should have a daughter,
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Ako budem imala ćerku,
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instead of "Mom,"
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umesto mama,
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she's gonna call me "Point B,"
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zvaće me Tačka B,
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because that way she knows that no matter what happens,
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jer će tako znati da šta god da se desi,
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at least she can always find her way to me.
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bar će uvek moći da nađe svoj put do mene.
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And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands
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I oslikaću solarni sistem
na poleđini njenih dlanova,
na poleđini njenih dlanova,
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so she has to learn the entire universe
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pa će morati da nauči čitav svemir
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before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."
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pre nego što bude rekla:
"Oh, znam to kao dlanove svojih ruku."
"Oh, znam to kao dlanove svojih ruku."
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And she's going to learn
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I naučiće
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that this life will hit you hard in the face,
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da će je ovaj život snažno lupiti u lice,
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wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach.
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sačekati da se podigne,
kako bi je mogao udariti u stomak.
kako bi je mogao udariti u stomak.
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But getting the wind knocked out of you
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Ali izbijanje vazduha iz pluća
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is the only way to remind your lungs
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je jedini način da ih podsetiš
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how much they like the taste of air.
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koliko vole ukus vazduha.
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There is hurt, here,
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Tu postoji povreda
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that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry.
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koja se ne može zalečiti flasterom ili poezijom.
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So the first time she realizes
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I kada prvi put shvati
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that Wonder Woman isn't coming,
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da Čudesna žena ne doalzi,
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I'll make sure she knows
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pobrinuću se da zna
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she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself
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da ne mora sama da nosi to breme.
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because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers,
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Jer bez obzira koliko možeš da raširiš svoje prste,
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your hands will always be too small
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tvoje ruke će uvek biti suviše male
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to catch all the pain you want to heal.
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da uhvate sav bol koji želiš da izlečiš.
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Believe me, I've tried.
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Veruj mi, probala sam.
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"And, baby," I'll tell her,
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"I dušo", reći ću joj,
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don't keep your nose up in the air like that.
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nemoj da držiš nos tako visoko.
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I know that trick; I've done it a million times.
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Znam taj trik; koristila sam ga milion puta.
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You're just smelling for smoke
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Tražiš dim
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so you can follow the trail back to a burning house,
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čiji ćeš trag pratiti nazad do kuće koja gori,
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so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire
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kako bi našla dečaka koji je u vatri izgubio sve,
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to see if you can save him.
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da vidiš da li možeš da ga spasiš.
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Or else find the boy who lit the fire in the first place,
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Ili bi ipak tražila dečaka koji je izazvao požar,
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to see if you can change him."
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da vidiš da li možeš da ga promeniš."
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But I know she will anyway,
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Ali znam da će ipak hteti,
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so instead I'll always keep an extra supply
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pa ću umesto toga uvek imati dodatne zalihe
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of chocolate and rain boots nearby,
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čokolade i čizama za kišu u blizini,
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because there is no heartbreak that chocolate can't fix.
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jer ne postoji slomljeno srce
koje čokolada ne može da izleči.
koje čokolada ne može da izleči.
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Okay, there's a few heartbreaks that chocolate can't fix.
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Okej, postoji par slučajeva
koje čokolada ne može da popravi.
koje čokolada ne može da popravi.
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But that's what the rain boots are for,
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Ali zato su tu čizme za kišu.
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because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.
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Jer kiša će sve isprati, ako joj to dopustite.
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I want her to look at the world
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Želim da na svet gleda
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through the underside of a glass-bottom boat,
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sa donje strane čamca sa staklenim dnom,
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to look through a microscope
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da gleda kroz mikroskop
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at the galaxies that exist
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galaksije koje postoje
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on the pinpoint of a human mind,
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na krajičku ljudskog uma,
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because that's the way my mom taught me.
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jer je tako mene učila moja mama.
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That there'll be days like this.
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Da će uvek biti ovakvih dana.
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♫ There'll be days like this, my momma said. ♫
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♫ Biće dana kao ovaj, moja mama kaže. ♫
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When you open your hands to catch
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Kada otvoriš svoje ruke da uhvatiš,
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and wind up with only blisters and bruises;
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a završiš samo sa modricama i plikovima;
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when you step out of the phone booth and try to fly
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kad izađeš iz telefonske govornice
i pokušaš da poletiš
i pokušaš da poletiš
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and the very people you want to save
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i jedini ljudi koje želiš da spasiš
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are the ones standing on your cape;
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su oni koji stoje na tvom plaštu;
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when your boots will fill with rain,
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kada ti se čizme napune kišom,
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and you'll be up to your knees in disappointment.
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i budeš do guše u razočarenju.
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And those are the very days you have all the more reason to say thank you.
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I upravo su to dani kada imaš
sve razloge da kažeš hvala.
sve razloge da kažeš hvala.
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Because there's nothing more beautiful
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Jer ne postoji ništa lepše
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than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline,
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od načina na koji okean
odbija da prestane da ljubi obalu,
odbija da prestane da ljubi obalu,
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no matter how many times it's sent away.
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bez obzira koliko puta je odnosio.
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You will put the wind in winsome, lose some.
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Nešto ćete dobiti, nešto izgubiti.
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You will put the star
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Imaćete novih
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in starting over, and over.
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početaka, iznova i iznova.
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And no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute,
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I nema veze koliko nagaznih mina eksplodira u minuti,
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be sure your mind lands
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pobrini se da tvoj um sleti
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on the beauty of this funny place called life.
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na svu lepotu ovog smešnog mesta zvanog život.
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And yes, on a scale from one to over-trusting,
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I da, na skali od jedan do prepuno-poverenja,
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I am pretty damn naive.
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ja sam prokleto naivna.
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But I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar.
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Ali želim da ona zna da je ovaj svet
napravljen od šećera.
napravljen od šećera.
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It can crumble so easily,
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Raspadne se tako lako,
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but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.
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ali ne plaši se da isplaziš svoj jezik
i da ga okusiš.
i da ga okusiš.
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"Baby," I'll tell her, "remember, your momma is a worrier,
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"Dušo", reći ću joj,
"Zapamti, tvoja mama je borac
"Zapamti, tvoja mama je borac
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and your poppa is a warrior,
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i tvoj tata je borac,
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and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes
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a ti si devojčica sa malim rukama i velikim očima
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who never stops asking for more."
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koja nikad ne prestaje da traži još."
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Remember that good things come in threes
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Zapamti da dobre stvari dolaze utroje
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and so do bad things.
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kao i loše.
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And always apologize when you've done something wrong,
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I uvek se izvini kada uradiš nešto pogrešno.
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but don't you ever apologize
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Ali nikada se ne izvinjavaj
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for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.
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zbog načina na koji tvoje oči
odbijaju da prestanu da sjaje.
odbijaju da prestanu da sjaje.
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Your voice is small, but don't ever stop singing.
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Tvoj glas je mali, ali nikad nemoj prestati da pevaš.
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And when they finally hand you heartache,
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I kad ti konačno pruže tvoje slomljeno srce
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when they slip war and hatred under your door
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kada uguraju rat i mržnju ispod tvojih vrata
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and offer you handouts on street-corners
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i ponude ti propagandni materijal
na mestu gde se
na mestu gde se
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of cynicism and defeat,
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ukrštaju cinizam i poraz,
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you tell them that they really ought to meet your mother.
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reci im da stvarno moraju
da upoznaju tvoju majku.
da upoznaju tvoju majku.
03:39
Thank you. Thank you.
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Hvala vam. Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
03:45
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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Thanks.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
04:00
All right, so I want you to take a moment,
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Dobro, želim da za trenutak
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and I want you to think of three things
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mislite na tri stvari za koje
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that you know to be true.
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znate da su istinite.
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They can be about whatever you want --
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To može biti bilo šta -
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technology, entertainment, design,
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tehnologija, zabava, dizajn,
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your family, what you had for breakfast.
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vaša porodica, vaš doručak.
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The only rule is don't think too hard.
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Jedino pravilo je da ne razmišljate previše.
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Okay, ready? Go.
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Okej, spremni? Idemo.
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Okay.
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Okej.
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So here are three things I know to be true.
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Evo tri stvari za koje ja znam da su istinite.
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I know that Jean-Luc Godard was right
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Znam da je Žan-Luk Godar bio u pravu
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when he said that, "a good story
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kada je rekao da "dobra priča
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has a beginning, a middle and an end,
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ima početak, sredinu i kraj,
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although not necessarily in that order."
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iako ne nužno tim redom."
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I know that I'm incredibly nervous and excited to be up here,
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Znam da sam neverovatno nervozna
i uzbuđena što sam ovde gore,
i uzbuđena što sam ovde gore,
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which is greatly inhibiting my ability to keep it cool.
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što umnogome smanjuje
moju sposobnost da budem kul.
moju sposobnost da budem kul.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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And I know
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I znam
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that I have been waiting all week to tell this joke.
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da sam cele nedelje čekala
da isprčam ovaj vic.
da isprčam ovaj vic.
04:48
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:50
Why was the scarecrow invited to TED?
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Zašto je strašilo pozvano na TED?
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Because he was out standing in his field.
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Zato što se izdvajalo na svom polju.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:59
I'm sorry.
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Izvinite.
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Okay, so these are three things I know to be true.
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Okej, dakle ovo su tri stvari
koje znam da su istinite.
koje znam da su istinite.
05:05
But there are plenty of things I have trouble understanding.
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Ali postoji mnogo stvari
koje mi je teško da razumem.
koje mi je teško da razumem.
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So I write poems to figure things out.
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Pa pišem pesme kako bih skontala stvari.
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Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something
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Ponekad je pisanje pesama jedini način
na koji mogu da izađem
na koji mogu da izađem
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is by writing a poem.
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na kraj sa stvarima.
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And sometimes I get to the end of the poem
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A ponekad stignem do kraja pesme
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and look back and go, "Oh, that's what this is all about,"
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i pogledam unazadi kažem:
"Aha, o tome se radi."
"Aha, o tome se radi."
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and sometimes I get to the end of the poem
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A ponekad dođem do kraja pesme,
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and haven't solved anything,
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a da ništa nisam rešila,
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but at least I have a new poem out of it.
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ali bar sam izvukla iz toga novu pesmu.
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Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry.
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Usmena poezija je srce poezije kao nastupa.
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I tell people it involves creating poetry
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Kažem ljudima da podrazumeva stvaranje poezije
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that doesn't just want to sit on paper,
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koja ne želi samo da sedi na papiru,
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that something about it demands it be heard out loud
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već da nešto u vezi sa njom zahteva
da se ona čuje naglas
da se ona čuje naglas
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or witnessed in person.
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ili da joj se posvedoči.
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When I was a freshman in high school,
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Kao brucoš u srednjoj školi,
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I was a live wire of nervous hormones.
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bila sam živi splet nervoznih hormona.
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And I was underdeveloped
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Bila sam nerazvijena,
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and over-excitable.
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a previše razdražljiva.
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And despite my fear
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I uprkos mom strahu
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of ever being looked at for too long,
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da budem u centru pažnje suviše dugo,
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I was fascinated by the idea of spoken word poetry.
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fascinirala me je ideja usmene poezije.
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I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theatre,
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Osećala sam da su se moje
dve tajne ljubavi, poezija i teatar,
dve tajne ljubavi, poezija i teatar,
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had come together, had a baby,
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udružile, napravile bebu,
06:01
a baby I needed to get to know.
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bebu koju sam morala da upoznam.
06:03
So I decided to give it a try.
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I rešila sam da pokušam.
06:05
My first spoken word poem,
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Moja prva pesma, napakovana
06:07
packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old,
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svom mudrošću jedne četrnaestogodišnjakinje,
06:11
was about the injustice
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govorila je o nepravdi toga
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of being seen as unfeminine.
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da budeš viđen kao neženstven.
06:15
The poem was very indignant,
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Pesma je bila vrlo ogorčena,
06:17
and mainly exaggerated,
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i uglavnom preterana,
06:19
but the only spoken word poetry that I had seen up until that point
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ali jedina usmena poezija
koju sam do tog trenutka videla,
koju sam do tog trenutka videla,
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was mainly indignant,
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je mahom bila negodujuća
06:24
so I thought that that's what was expected of me.
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i mislila sam da se to očekuje od mene.
06:26
The first time that I performed,
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Kada sam je prvi put izvodila
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the audience of teenagers hooted and hollered their sympathy,
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publika tinejdžera je hučala
i uzvikivala svoje simpatije,
i uzvikivala svoje simpatije,
06:31
and when I came off the stage I was shaking.
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a kada sam sišla sa bine, tresla sam se.
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I felt this tap on my shoulder,
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Osetila sam tapšanje na svom ramenu
06:36
and I turned around to see
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i okrenula sam se i videla
06:38
this giant girl in a hoodie sweatshirt emerge from the crowd.
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ogromnu devojku u duksu
sa kapuljačom kako izlazi iz gomile.
sa kapuljačom kako izlazi iz gomile.
06:40
She was maybe eight feet tall
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Imala je oko dva metra
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and looked like she could beat me up with one hand,
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i izgledala je kao da me jednom rukom može prebiti,
06:44
but instead she just nodded at me
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ali umesto toga mi je samo klimnula glavom
06:46
and said, "Hey, I really felt that. Thanks."
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i rekla: "Hej, zaista sam osetila to. Hvala."
06:49
And lightning struck.
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I munja je udarila.
06:51
I was hooked.
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Navukla sam se.
06:53
I discovered this bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side
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Otkrila sam taj bar na donjoj istočnoj strani Menhetna
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that hosted a weekly poetry open mic,
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koji je imao veče otvorenog mikrofona
06:59
and my bewildered, but supportive, parents took me
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i moji zbunjeni, ali podržavajući roditelji
su me odveli
su me odveli
07:02
to soak in every ounce of spoken word that I could.
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da upijem svaku moguću izgovorenu reč.
07:05
I was the youngest by at least a decade,
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Bila sam najmlađa, bar za jednu deceniju,
07:08
but somehow the poets at the Bowery Poetry Club
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ali nekako pesnicima u "Boweri Poetry" klubu
07:11
didn't seem bothered by the 14-year-old wandering about --
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nije smetalo to što neko
od 14 godina luta naokolo -
od 14 godina luta naokolo -
07:14
if fact, they welcomed me.
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u stvari, bila sam dobrodošla.
07:16
And it was here, listening to these poets share their stories,
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I tu sam, slušajući te pesnike
kako dele svoje priče,
kako dele svoje priče,
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that I learned that spoken word poetry didn't have to be indignant,
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tu sam naučila da usmena poezija
ne mora da bude neugodna,
ne mora da bude neugodna,
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it could be fun or painful
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može da bude zabavna ili bolna,
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or serious or silly.
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ozbiljna ili smešna.
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The Bowery Poetry Club became my classroom and my home,
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"Boweri Poetry" klub je postao
moja učionica i moj dom.
moja učionica i moj dom.
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and the poets who performed
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I pesnici koji su nastupali
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encouraged me to share my stories as well.
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su me podsticali da i ja podelim svoju priču.
07:33
Never mind the fact that I was 14 --
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Iako sam imala 14 godina -
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they told me, "Write about being 14."
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rekli su mi: "Piši o svojim godinama."
07:38
So I did and stood amazed every week
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I jesam i stajala sam zapanjena svake nedelje
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when these brilliant, grown-up poets
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kada su se ti sjajni, odrasli pesnici
07:43
laughed with me and groaned their sympathy
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smejali sa mnom i jecali svoje simpatije
07:45
and clapped and told me, "Hey, I really felt that too."
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i tapšali i rekli:
"Hej, i ja sam to stvarno osetio."
"Hej, i ja sam to stvarno osetio."
07:49
Now I can divide my spoken word journey
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Mogu da podelim svoje putovanje
usmene poezije
usmene poezije
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into three steps.
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na tri etape.
07:54
Step one was the moment I said,
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Prva je bila kada sam rekla:
07:56
"I can. I can do this."
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"Mogu. Mogu to da uradim."
07:58
And that was thanks to a girl in a hoodie.
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I to je bilo zahvaljujući devojci u duksu.
08:00
Step two was the moment I said,
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Druga je bio momenat kada sam rekla:
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"I will. I will continue.
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"Hoću. Nastaviću.
08:04
I love spoken word. I will keep coming back week after week."
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Volim usmenu poeziju. Nastaviću da dolazim
nedelju za nedeljom."
nedelju za nedeljom."
08:07
And step three began
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A treća je počela kada sam
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when I realized that I didn't have to write poems that were indignant,
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shvatila da ne moram
da pišem pesme koje su neugodne,
da pišem pesme koje su neugodne,
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if that's not what I was.
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ako to nije ono što sam ja.
08:13
There were things that were specific to me,
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Postojale su stvari karakteristične za mene
08:15
and the more that I focused on those things,
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i što sam se više fokusirala na njih,
08:18
the weirder my poetry got,
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čudnija je moja poezija bivala,
08:20
but the more that it felt like mine.
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ali sam sve više osećala da jeste moja.
08:22
It's not just the adage "write what you know."
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"Piši ono što znaš", nije samo izreka,
08:25
It's about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience
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radi se o okupljanju svog znanja i iskustva
08:28
you've collected up to now
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koje ste sakupili do sada
08:30
to help you dive into the things you don't know.
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da vam pomogne da uronite u stvari
koje su vam nepoznate.
koje su vam nepoznate.
08:33
I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand,
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Koristim poeziju da mi pomogne
da razumem stvari koje
da razumem stvari koje
08:35
but I show up to each new poem
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ne razumem i pred svakom pesmom
08:37
with a backpack full
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se pojavim sa rancem punim
08:39
of everywhere else that I've been.
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stvari sa svih mesta na kojima sam bila.
08:41
When I got to university, I met a fellow poet
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Na fakultetu sam upoznala kolegu pesnika
08:44
who shared my belief in the magic of spoken word poetry.
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koji je delio moje shvatanje
magije usmene poezije.
magije usmene poezije.
08:47
And actually, Phil Kaye and I
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Zapravo, Fil Kej i ja
08:49
coincidentally also share the same last name.
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slučajno delimo isto prezime.
08:52
When I was in high school I had created Project V.O.I.C.E.
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Dok sam bila u srednjoj školi,
napravila sam V.O.I.C.E. projekat,
napravila sam V.O.I.C.E. projekat,
08:55
as a way to encourage my friends to do spoken word with me.
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način da ohrabrim svoje prijatelje
da sa mnom rade usmenu poeziju.
da sa mnom rade usmenu poeziju.
08:58
But Phil and I decided to reinvent Project V.O.I.C.E. --
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Fil i ja sm odlučili da oživimo ovaj projekat -
09:01
this time changing the mission
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ovog puta sa promenjenom misijom
09:03
to using spoken word poetry as a way to entertain,
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da usmenu poeziju koristimo
kao način da zabavimo,
kao način da zabavimo,
09:06
educate and inspire.
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obrazujemo i inspirišemo.
09:08
We stayed full-time students, but in between we traveled,
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Sve vreme smo bili redovni studenti,
ali smo mnogo putovali,
ali smo mnogo putovali,
09:10
performing and teaching
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nastupali i učili devetogodišnjake
09:12
nine-year-olds to MFA candidates,
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i kandidate za studije umetnosti,
09:15
from California to Indiana to India
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od Kalifornije do Indijane do Indije
09:18
to a public high school just up the street from campus.
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do državne škole nadomak kampusa.
09:21
And we saw over and over
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I iznova i iznova smo viđali
09:23
the way that spoken word poetry
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kako usmena poezija
09:25
cracks open locks.
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otvara ljude.
09:27
But it turns out sometimes,
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Ali ponekada, poezija
09:29
poetry can be really scary.
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može biti stvarno strašna.
09:31
Turns out sometimes,
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Ispada da ponekada
09:33
you have to trick teenagers into writing poetry.
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morate da prevarite tinejdžere da pišu poeziju.
09:36
So I came up with lists. Everyone can write lists.
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Pa sam se setila lista.
Svako može praviti liste.
Svako može praviti liste.
09:39
And the first list that I assign
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I prva lista koju sam zadala
09:41
is "10 Things I Know to be True."
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je "10 stvari koje znam da su istinite."
09:44
And here's what happens, and here's what you would discover too
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I evo šta se događa i evo šta biste i vi otkrili
09:47
if we all started sharing our lists out loud.
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da podelimo svoje liste međusobno.
09:49
At a certain point, you would realize
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U određenom trenutku, shvatili biste
09:51
that someone has the exact same thing,
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da neko ima potpuno istu stvar
09:54
or one thing very similar,
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ili jednu stvar vrlo sličnu
09:56
to something on your list.
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nekoj vašoj stvari sa liste.
09:58
And then someone else
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I onda neko drugi
10:00
has something the complete opposite of yours.
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ima nešto potpuno suprotno vašoj listi.
10:03
Third, someone has something you've never even heard of before.
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Treće, neko ima nešto
što nikada pre niste čuli.
što nikada pre niste čuli.
10:06
And fourth, someone has something you thought you knew everything about,
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I četvrto, neko ima nešto
o čemu ste mislili da znate sve,
o čemu ste mislili da znate sve,
10:09
but they're introducing a new angle of looking at it.
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ali vam oni predstavlju
novi ugao gledanja.
novi ugao gledanja.
10:12
And I tell people that this is where great stories start from --
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I govorim ljudima da je ovo mesto
gde nastaju sjajne priče -
gde nastaju sjajne priče -
10:15
these four intersections
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ove četiri raskrsnice
10:17
of what you're passionate about
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vaših strasti
10:19
and what others might be invested in.
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i onoga do čega je drugima stalo.
10:21
And most people respond really well to this exercise.
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I većina ljudi zaista lepo reaguje na ovu vežbu.
10:24
But one of my students, a freshman named Charlotte,
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Ali jedan od mojih studenata,
brucoš, Šarlot,
brucoš, Šarlot,
10:27
was not convinced.
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nije bila ubeđena.
10:29
Charlotte was very good at writing lists, but she refused to write any poems.
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Bila je zaista dobra u pravljenju lista,
ali je odbijala da piše pesme.
ali je odbijala da piše pesme.
10:32
"Miss," she'd say, "I'm just not interesting.
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"Gospođice", rekla bi,
"ja jednostavno nisam zanimljiva.
"ja jednostavno nisam zanimljiva.
10:35
I don't have anything interesting to say."
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Nemam ništa zanimljivo da kažem."
10:38
So I assigned her list after list,
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Pa sam joj dodeljivala listu za listom
10:40
and one day I assigned the list
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i jednog dana sam joj dala listu
10:42
"10 Things I Should Have Learned by Now."
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"10 stvari koje je do sada trebalo da naučim."
10:44
Number three on Charlotte's list was,
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Treća stvar na njenoj listi je bila:
10:46
"I should have learned not to crush on guys
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"Trebalo je da naučim da se ne zacopam u
10:48
three times my age."
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momke tri puta starije od mene."
10:50
I asked her what that meant,
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Pitala sam je šta to znači,
10:52
and she said, "Miss, it's kind of a long story."
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i rekla je:
"Gospođice, to je duga priča."
"Gospođice, to je duga priča."
10:54
And I said, "Charlotte, it sounds pretty interesting to me."
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A ja sam rekla:
"Šarlot, meni to deluje prilično zanimljivo."
"Šarlot, meni to deluje prilično zanimljivo."
10:57
And so she wrote her first poem,
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I tako je napisala svoju prvu pesmu,
10:59
a love poem unlike any I had ever heard before.
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ljubavnu pesmu,
drugačiju od svih koje sam ranije čula.
drugačiju od svih koje sam ranije čula.
11:02
And the poem began,
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Pesma je počinjala:
11:05
"Anderson Cooper is a gorgeous man."
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"Anderson Kuper je divan muškarac."
11:07
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
11:09
"Did you see him on 60 Minutes,
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"Da li ste ga gledali u "60 minuta",
11:11
racing Michael Phelps in a pool --
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kako se trka sa Majklom Felpsom u bazenu -
11:13
nothing but swim trunks on --
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ništa drugo sem kupaćeg -
11:15
diving in the water, determined to beat this swimming champion?
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zaranja u vodu, rešen da pobedi
plivačkog šampiona?
plivačkog šampiona?
11:17
After the race, he tossed his wet, cloud-white hair
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Nakon trke, zabacio je svoju mokru,
snežno belu kosu
snežno belu kosu
11:20
and said, 'You're a god.'
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i rekao: "Ti si bog."
11:22
No, Anderson, you're the god."
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Ne, Anderson, ti si bog."
11:24
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
11:26
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
11:30
Now I know that the number one rule to being cool
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Ako želiš da budeš kul,
znam da je pravilo broj jedan
znam da je pravilo broj jedan
11:33
is to seem unfazed,
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da se ne zbuniš,
11:35
to never admit that anything scares you
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da nikada ne priznaš da te nešto plaši
11:38
or impresses you or excites you.
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ili zadivljuje ili uzbuđuje.
11:40
Somebody once told me
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Neko mi je jednom rekao
11:42
it's like walking through life like this.
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da to znači ići kroz život ovako.
11:44
You protect yourself
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Štitite sebe od svih
11:46
from all the unexpected miseries or hurt that might show up.
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neočekivanih jadikovanja
ili bola koji se možda pojave.
ili bola koji se možda pojave.
11:49
But I try to walk through life like this.
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Ali ja se trudim da kroz život idem ovako.
11:51
And yes, that means catching all of those miseries and hurt,
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I da, to znači da ćete uhvatiti
sav taj bol i jadikovanje,
sav taj bol i jadikovanje,
11:54
but it also means that when beautiful, amazing things
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ali isto tako znači da kada lepe
i neverovatne stvari
i neverovatne stvari
11:57
just fall out of the sky,
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samo padnu sa neba,
11:59
I'm ready to catch them.
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spremna sam da ih uhvatim.
12:01
I use spoken word to help my students
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Ja koristim usmenu poeziju
da pomognem mojim
da pomognem mojim
12:03
rediscover wonder,
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učenicima da ponovo otkriju čudo,
12:05
to fight their instincts to be cool and unfazed
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da se bore protiv svog instinkta
da budu kul i smireni
da budu kul i smireni
12:08
and, instead, actively pursue being engaged with what goes on around them,
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i da umesto toga aktivno traže da se uključe
u stvari koje se dešavaju oko njih,
u stvari koje se dešavaju oko njih,
12:11
so that they can reinterpret and create something from it.
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kako bi mogli da reinterpretiraju
i stvore nešto iz toga.
i stvore nešto iz toga.
12:14
It's not that I think that spoken word poetry
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Ne mislim da je usmena poezija
12:16
is the ideal art form.
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idealna umetnička forma.
12:18
I'm always trying to find the best way to tell each story.
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Uvek pokušavam da nađem najbolji način
da ispričam svaku priču.
da ispričam svaku priču.
12:21
I write musicals; I make short films alongside my poems.
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Pišem mjuzikle, pravim kratke filmove
pored svojih pesama.
pored svojih pesama.
12:24
But I teach spoken word poetry
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Ali predajem usmenu poeziju
12:26
because it's accessible.
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jer je pristupačna.
12:28
Not everyone can read music
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Ne može svako da svira
12:30
or owns a camera,
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ili da ima kameru,
12:32
but everyone can communicate in some way,
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ali svako može da komunicira na određeni način,
12:34
and everyone has stories
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i svako ima priče
12:36
that the rest of us can learn from.
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iz kojih ostali mogu da uče.
12:38
Plus, spoken word poetry allows for immediate connections.
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Plus, usmena poezija dozvoljava
trenutnu povezanost.
trenutnu povezanost.
12:41
It's not uncommon for people to feel like they're alone
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Ljudi često imaju utisak da su sami
12:43
or that nobody understands them,
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ili da ih niko ne razume,
12:45
but spoken word teaches
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ali usmena poezija uči
12:47
that if you have the ability to express yourself
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da ako imate sposobnost da se izrazite
12:50
and the courage to present those stories and opinions,
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i hrabrost da predstavite te priče i stavove,
12:52
you could be rewarded
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možete biti nagrađeni
12:54
with a room full of your peers,
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sobom punom vaših vršnjaka,
12:56
or your community, who will listen.
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ili vaše zajednice, koja će slušati.
12:58
And maybe even a giant girl in a hoodie
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I možda će se i ogromna devojka u duksu
13:00
will connect with what you've shared.
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povezati sa onim što ste podelili.
13:02
And that is an amazing realization to have,
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I shvatiti to je neverovatna stvar,
13:05
especially when you're 14.
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naročito kad imate 14 godina.
13:07
Plus, now with YouTube,
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Plus, sada uz "YouTube",
13:09
that connection's not even limited to the room we're in.
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ta povezanost nije ograničena
na sobu u kojoj se nalazimo.
na sobu u kojoj se nalazimo.
13:11
I'm so lucky that there's this archive of performances
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Srećna sam što postoji arhiva izvođenja
13:14
that I can share with my students.
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koje mogu podeliti sa svojim studentima.
13:16
It allows for even more opportunities
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To im daje još više prilika
13:18
for them to find a poet or a poem
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da nađu pesnika ili pesmu
13:21
that they connect to.
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sa kojom se mogu povezati.
13:23
It is tempting -- once you've figured this out --
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Primamljivo je - jednom kada to shvatite -
13:25
it is tempting to keep writing the same poem,
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mami vas da pišete iste pesme,
13:27
or keep telling the same story, over and over,
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ili da pričate iste priču, iznova i iznova,
13:30
once you've figured out that it will gain you applause.
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jednom kada shvatite da vam to donosi aplauz.
13:32
It's not enough to just teach that you can express yourself.
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Nije dovoljno samo shvatiti
da možete da se izražavate,
da možete da se izražavate,
13:35
You have to grow and explore
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morate rasti i istraživati
13:37
and take risks and challenge yourself.
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i rizikovati i stavljati izazove pred sebe.
13:39
And that is step three:
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I to je treći korak:
13:42
infusing the work you're doing
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nadahnite posao koji radite
13:44
with the specific things that make you you,
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sa specifičnim stvarima koje vas čine posebnim,
13:46
even while those things are always changing.
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čak iako se te stvari stalno menjaju.
13:48
Because step three never ends.
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Jer se treći korak nikada ne završava.
13:51
But you don't get to start on step three,
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Ali sa njim ne možete početi
13:53
until you take step one first: I can.
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dok ne napravite prvi korak: Ja mogu.
13:56
I travel a lot while I'm teaching,
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Putujem mnogo dok predajem
13:58
and I don't always get to watch all of my students reach their step three,
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i nemam priliku da često vidim kako moji studenti
dosegnu treći korak,
dosegnu treći korak,
14:01
but I was very lucky with Charlotte,
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ali sam imala mnogo sreće sa Šarlot,
14:03
that I got to watch her journey unfold the way it did.
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da vidim kako se njen put odvija
na način na koji se odvijao.
na način na koji se odvijao.
14:06
I watched her realize
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Videla sam kako shvata da,
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that, by putting the things that she knows to be true into the work she's doing,
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ako stavi stvari za koje zna da su istinite u svoj rad,
14:11
she can create poems that only Charlotte can write --
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može da stvori pesme
koje samo ona može da napiše -
koje samo ona može da napiše -
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about eyeballs and elevators and Dora the Explorer.
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o očnim jabučicama i liftovima
i Dori istraživaču.
i Dori istraživaču.
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And I'm trying to tell stories only I can tell --
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I ja pokušavam da ispričam priče koje samo ja
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like this story.
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mogu ispričati - poput ove.
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I spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to tell this story,
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Provela sam mnogo vremena razmišljajući
kako da najbolje ispričam ovu priču
kako da najbolje ispričam ovu priču
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and I wondered if the best way
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i pitala sam se da li je najbolji način
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was going to be a PowerPoint or a short film --
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da uradim "PowerPoint" ili kratak film -
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and where exactly was the beginning or the middle or the end?
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i gde je tačno početak, sredina ili kraj?
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And I wondered whether I'd get to the end of this talk
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I pitala sam se da li ću stići
do kraja ovog govora
do kraja ovog govora
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and finally have figured it all out, or not.
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i konačno shvatiti sve ili ne.
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And I always thought that my beginning was at the Bowery Poetry Club,
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I uvek sam mislila da je moj početak bio
"Boweri Poetry" klub,
"Boweri Poetry" klub,
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but it's possible that it was much earlier.
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ali moguće je da je to bilo mnogo ranije.
14:41
In preparing for TED,
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Pripremajući se za TED,
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I discovered this diary page in an old journal.
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otkrila sam stranicu u starom dnevniku.
14:45
I think December 54th was probably supposed to be 24th.
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Mislim da je 54. decembar zapravo trebao biti 24.
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It's clear that when I was a child,
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Jasno je da sam kao dete
14:51
I definitely walked through life like this.
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sigurno kroz život išla ovako.
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I think that we all did.
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Mislim da smo svi.
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I would like to help others rediscover that wonder --
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Volela bih da pomognem ostalima
da otkriju to čudo -
da otkriju to čudo -
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to want to engage with it, to want to learn,
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da žele da se povežu sa njim,
da žele da uče,
da žele da uče,
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to want to share what they've learned,
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da žele da dele to što su naučili,
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what they've figured out to be true
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šta su shvatili da je istina
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and what they're still figuring out.
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i šta još uvek pokušavaju da shvate.
15:06
So I'd like to close with this poem.
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Volela bih da završim sa ovom pesmom.
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When they bombed Hiroshima,
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Kada su bombardovali Hirošimu,
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the explosion formed a mini-supernova
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eksplozija je napravila mini supernovu,
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so every living animal, human or plant
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i svaka životinja, čovek ili biljka
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that received direct contact
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koji su bili u direktnom kontaktu
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with the rays from that sun
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sa sunčevim zracima
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was instantly turned to ash.
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odmah su pretvoreni u pepeo.
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And what was left of the city soon followed.
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To se uskoro desilo i sa ostacima grada.
15:26
The long-lasting damage of nuclear radiation
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Dugotrajno oštećenje usled nuklearne radijacije
15:28
caused an entire city and its population
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izazvalo je da se čitav grad i njegova populacija
15:31
to turn into powder.
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pretvore u prah.
15:34
When I was born, my mom says I looked around the whole hospital room
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Kada sam se rodila, moja mama kaže
da sam pogledala po bolničkoj sobi
da sam pogledala po bolničkoj sobi
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with a stare that said, "This? I've done this before."
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sa pogledom koji je govorio:
"Ovo? Radila sam ovo ranije."
"Ovo? Radila sam ovo ranije."
15:41
She says I have old eyes.
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Kaže da imam stare oči.
15:43
When my Grandpa Genji died, I was only five years old,
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Kada je moj deda Gendži umro,
imala sam samo pet godina,
imala sam samo pet godina,
15:46
but I took my mom by the hand and told her,
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ali uzela sam moju mamu za ruku i rekla:
15:48
"Don't worry, he'll come back as a baby."
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"Ne brini, vratiće se kao beba."
15:51
And yet, for someone who's apparently done this already,
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I opet, za nekoga koje navodno ovo već radio,
15:54
I still haven't figured anything out yet.
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još uvek ništa nisam shvatila.
15:57
My knees still buckle every time I get on a stage.
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Moja kolena i dalje klecaju
svaki put kada sam na bini.
svaki put kada sam na bini.
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My self-confidence can be measured out
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Moje samopouzdanje može da se meri
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in teaspoons mixed into my poetry,
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kašičicama umešanim u moju poeziju,
16:04
and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.
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i još uvek ima čudan ukus u mojim ustima.
16:07
But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away,
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Ali u Hirošimi, neki ljudi su bili izbrisani
sa lica mesta,
sa lica mesta,
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leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page.
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ostavljajući samo ručni sat
ili stranicu dnevnika.
ili stranicu dnevnika.
16:13
So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets,
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Pa iako imam pune džepove prepreka,
16:16
I keep trying,
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pokušavam i dalje,
16:18
hoping that one day I'll write a poem
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nadajući se da ću jednog dana napisati pesmu
16:20
I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit
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na koju ću biti ponosna da sedi u muzeju
16:22
as the only proof I existed.
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kao jedini dokaz mog postojanja.
16:24
My parents named me Sarah,
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Moji roditelji su me nazvali Sara,
16:26
which is a biblical name.
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što je biblijsko ime.
16:28
In the original story, God told Sarah she could do something impossible
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U izvornoj priči, Bog je rekao Sari da može
da napravi nešto nemoguće
da napravi nešto nemoguće
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and she laughed,
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i ona se nasmejala,
16:34
because the first Sarah,
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jer prva Sara
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she didn't know what to do with impossible.
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nije znala šta da radi sa nemogućim.
16:38
And me? Well, neither do I,
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A ja? Pa ne znam ni ja,
16:41
but I see the impossible every day.
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ali vidim nemoguće svakog dana.
16:43
Impossible is trying to connect in this world,
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Nemoguće je pokušaj da se povežemo
u ovom svetu,
u ovom svetu,
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trying to hold onto others while things are blowing up around you,
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pokušaj da se oslonimo na druge
kada se stvari oko nas
kada se stvari oko nas
16:48
knowing that while you're speaking,
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raspadaju, znajući da dok govorite,
16:50
they aren't just waiting for their turn to talk -- they hear you.
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oni ne čekaju samo svoj red da govore
- oni vas čuju.
- oni vas čuju.
16:53
They feel exactly what you feel
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Osećaju tačno ono što vi osećate
16:55
at the same time that you feel it.
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u isto vreme kada i vi.
16:57
It's what I strive for every time I open my mouth --
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To je ono čemu težim svaki put kad otvorim usta -
16:59
that impossible connection.
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toj nemogućoj povezanosti.
17:01
There's this piece of wall in Hiroshima
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Postoji deo zida u Hirošimi
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that was completely burnt black by the radiation.
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koji je potpuno izgoreo od radijacije.
17:07
But on the front step, a person who was sitting there
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Ali ispred njega, sedela je osoba koja
17:09
blocked the rays from hitting the stone.
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je blokirala dolazak zraka do kamena.
17:11
The only thing left now
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Jedina stvar koje je sada ostala
17:13
is a permanent shadow of positive light.
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jeste stalna senka boljeg svetla.
17:15
After the A-bomb,
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Posle A bombe,
17:17
specialists said it would take 75 years
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stručnjaci su rekli da će biti potrebno 75 godina
17:19
for the radiation-damaged soil of Hiroshima City
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da iz zemljišta koje je oštećeno radijacijom
u Hirošimi,
u Hirošimi,
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to ever grow anything again.
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ponovo nešto izraste.
17:24
But that spring, there were new buds popping up from the earth.
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Ali tog proleća, novi pupoljci su izranjali iz zemlje.
17:27
When I meet you, in that moment,
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Kada sam te upoznala, u tom momentu,
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I'm no longer a part of your future.
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više nisam deo tvoje budućnosti.
17:31
I start quickly becoming part of your past.
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Brzo počinjem bivati deo tvoje prošlosti.
17:33
But in that instant, I get to share your present.
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Ali u tom trenu, delim tvoju sadašnjost.
17:36
And you, you get to share mine.
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A ti, ti deliš moju.
17:38
And that is the greatest present of all.
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I to je najveći dar od svih.
17:40
So if you tell me I can do the impossible,
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Tako, ako mi kažete da mogu uraditi nemoguće,
17:42
I'll probably laugh at you.
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verovatno ću se nasmejati.
17:44
I don't know if I can change the world yet,
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I ne znam još uvek da li mogu promeniti svet,
17:46
because I don't know that much about it --
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jer ne znam puno o tome -
17:48
and I don't know that much about reincarnation either,
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isto tako ne znam puno o reinkarnaciji,
17:50
but if you make me laugh hard enough,
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ali ako me jako zasmejete,
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sometimes I forget what century I'm in.
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ponekad zaboravim u kom veku se nalazim.
17:55
This isn't my first time here. This isn't my last time here.
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Nisam prvi put ovde.
Nisam poslednji put ovde.
Nisam poslednji put ovde.
17:58
These aren't the last words I'll share.
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Ovo nisu poslednje reči koje ću podeliti.
18:00
But just in case, I'm trying my hardest
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Ali za svaki slučaj, trudim se
18:03
to get it right this time around.
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da ovaj put to uradim kako treba.
18:06
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
18:08
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
18:12
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
18:14
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
18:16
Thank you.
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Hvala vam
18:18
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Kay - PoetA performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool.
Why you should listen
Plenty of 14-year-old girls write poetry. But few hide under the bar of the famous Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s East Village absorbing the talents of New York’s most exciting poets. Not only did Sarah Kay do that -- she also had the guts to take its stage and hold her own against performers at least a decade her senior. Her talent for weaving words into poignant, funny, and powerful performances paid off.
Sarah holds a Masters degree in the art of teaching from Brown University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Grinnell College. Her first book, B, was ranked the number one poetry book on Amazon.com. Her second book, No Matter the Wreckage, is available from Write Bloody Publishing.
Sarah also founded Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Project VOICE runs performances and workshops to encourage people to engage in creative self-expression in schools and communities around the world.
Sarah Kay | Speaker | TED.com