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John Francis: Walk the earth ... my 17-year vow of silence
Džon Frensis hoda zemljom
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Skoro tri decenije, Džon Frensis hoda planetom, putuje svetom na svojim nogama i plovi sa porukom o poštovanju i odgovornosti za životnu sredinu (tokom 17 godina bez govora). Zanimljiv, pažljiv govor sa povremenim korišćenejm banđa.
John Francis - Planet walker
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
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(Applause)
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(aplauz)
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Thank you for being here.
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Hvala vam što ste ovde.
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And I say "thank you for being here" because I was silent for 17 years.
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Zahvaljujem vam se na tome što ste ovde, jer sam ćutao 17 godina.
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And the first words that I spoke were in Washington, D.C.,
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I prve reči koje sam izgovorio bile su u Vašingtonu,
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on the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
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na 20. godišnjicu Dana Zemlje.
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And my family and friends had gathered there to hear me speak.
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I moja porodica i prijatelji su se okupili tamo da me čuju.
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And I said, "Thank you for being here."
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I rekao sam, "Hvala vam što ste ovde."
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My mother, out in the audience, she jumped up,
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Moja majka, tamo u publici, skočila je,
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"Hallelujah, Johnny’s talking!"
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"Aleluja, Džoni govori!"
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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Imagine if you were quiet for 17 years
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Zamislite da ste nemi 17 godina
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and your mother was out in the audience, say.
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i vaša majka je u publici.
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My dad said to me, "That’s one" --
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Moja tata mi je rekao, "To je prva" -
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I’ll explain that.
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Objasniću to.
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But I turned around because I didn’t recognize where my voice was coming from.
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Ali okrenuo sam se jer nisam prepoznao odakle dolazi moj glas.
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I hadn’t heard my voice in 17 years,
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Nisam čuo svoj glas 17 godina,
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so I turned around and I looked and I said,
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pa sam se okrenuo, pogledao i rekao,
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"God, who's saying what I’m thinking?"
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"Bože, ko govori ono što mislim?"
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And then I realized it was me, you know, and I kind of laughed.
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I onda sam shvatio da sam to ja, znate i nekako sam se smejao.
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And I could see my father: "Yeah, he really is crazy."
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I mogao sam da vidim svog oca - "Da, on je stvarno lud."
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Well, I want to take you on this journey.
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Pa, želim da vas povedem na ovo putovanje.
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And the journey, I believe, is a metaphor for all of our journeys.
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I putovanje je, verujem, metafora za sva naša putovanja.
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Even though this one is kind of unusual,
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I tako, iako je ovo na neki način neobično,
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I want you to think about your own journey.
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želim da mislite o svom sopstvenom putovanju.
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My journey began in 1971
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Moje putovanje je počelo 1971.
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when I witnessed two oil tankers collide beneath the Golden Gate,
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kada sam prisustvovao sudaru dva tankera nafte ispod Golden Gejta,
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and a half a million gallons of oil spilled into the bay.
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i dva miliona litara ulja prosulo se u zaliv.
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It disturbed me so much
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Toliko me je uznemirilo
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that I decided that I was going to give up riding and driving in motorized vehicles.
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da sam odlučio da ću se odreći vožnje u motorizovanim vozilima.
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That’s a big thing in California.
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To je velika stvar u Kaliforniji.
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And it was a big thing in my little community of Point Reyes Station
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I bila je to velika stvar u mojoj maloj zajednici Point Rejes Stejšn
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in Inverness, California, because there were only
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u Invernesu, Kalifornija, jer je bilo samo
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about 350 people there in the winter – this was back in '71 now.
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oko možda 350 ljudi tokom zime - to je bilo tokom -71.
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And so when I came in and I started walking around, people --
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I kada sam došao i počeo da hodam okolo, ljudi -
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they just knew what was going on.
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znali su šta se dešava.
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And people would drive up next to me
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I ljudi bi vozili pored mene
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and say, "John, what are you doing?"
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i rekli, "Džon, šta radiš?"
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And I’d say, "Well, I’m walking for the environment."
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I ja bih odgovorio, "Pa, ja hodam za životnu sredinu."
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And they said, "No, you’re walking to make us look bad, right?
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I oni bi rekli, "Ne, ti hodaš da bismo mi izgledali loše, zar ne?
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You’re walking to make us feel bad."
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Ti hodaš da bismo se mi osećali loše."
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And maybe there was some truth to that,
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I možda je bilo istine u tome,
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because I thought that if I started walking, everyone would follow.
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jer sam mislio da ako ja krenem da hodam svi će me, znate, pratiti.
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Because of the oil, everybody talked about the polllution.
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Zbog nafte, svi su govorili o zagađenju.
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And so I argued with people about that, I argued and I argued.
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I tako sam se raspravljao sa ljudima o tome, raspravljao i raspravljao.
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I called my parents up.
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Pozvao sam moje roditelje.
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I said, "I’ve given up riding and driving in cars."
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Rekao sam, "Odrekao sam se vožnje u automobilima."
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My dad said, "Why didn’t you do that when you were 16?"
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Moj tata je rekao, "Zašto to nisi uradio sa 16?"
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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I didn’t know about the environment then.
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Nisam znao o životnoj sredini tada.
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They’re back in Philadelphia.
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Oni su u Filadelfiji.
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And so I told my mother, "I’m happy though, I’m really happy."
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I rekao sam svojoj majci, "Srećan sam, zaista srećan."
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She said, "If you were happy, son, you wouldn’t have to say it."
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Rekla je, "Sine, da si srećan, ne bi to morao da kažeš."
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Mothers are like that.
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Majke su takve.
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And so, on my 27th birthday I decided, because I argued so much
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I tako, na moj 27. rođendan, odlučio sam, jer sam se toliko raspravljao
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and I talk so much, that I was going to stop speaking
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i toliko govorio, vidite, da ću prestati da govorim
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for just one day -- one day -- to give it a rest.
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na samo jedan dan - jedan dan - da to ostavim na miru.
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And so I did.
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I jesam.
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I got up in the morning and I didn’t say a word.
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Ustao sam ujutru i nisam rekao ni reč.
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And I have to tell you, it was a very moving experience,
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I moram da vam kažem, bilo je to vrlo dirljivo iskustvo,
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because for the first time, I began listening -- in a long time.
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jer po prvi put, počeo sam da slušam - posle dugo vremena.
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And what I heard, it kind of disturbed me.
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I ono što sam čuo, na neki način me uznemirilo.
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Because what I used to do, when I thought I was listening,
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Jer ono što sam ranije radio, kada sam mislio da slušam,
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was I would listen just enough to hear what people had to say
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bilo je da sam slušao tek toliko da čujem ono što ljudi imaju da kažu
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and think that I could -- I knew what they were going to say,
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i mislio sam da mogu - znao sam šta će oni da kažu,
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and so I stopped listening.
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i tako sam prestao da slušam.
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And in my mind, I just kind of raced ahead
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I u mom umu, na neki način sam trčao unapred
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and thought of what I was going to say back,
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i mislio o tome šta ću da odgovorim,
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while they were still finishing up.
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dok su oni još uvek završavali.
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And then I would launch in.
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I onda bih se ubacio.
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Well, that just ended communication.
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Pa, to je samo prekidalo komunikaciju.
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So on this first day I actually listened.
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I tako sam tog prvog dana zaista slušao.
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And it was very sad for me,
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I bilo je to vrlo tužno za mene,
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because I realized that for those many years I had not been learning.
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jer sam shvatio da mnogo godina nisam učio.
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I was 27. I thought I knew everything.
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Imao sam 27. Mislio sam da znam sve.
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I didn’t.
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Nisam.
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And so I decided I’d better do this for another day,
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I tako sam odlučio da bi bilo bolje da to uradim i naredni dan,
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and another day, and another day until finally,
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i naredni, i naredni sve dok konačno,
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I promised myself for a year I would keep quiet
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nisam obećao sebi da ću biti nem godinu dana
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because I started learning more and more and I needed to learn more.
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jer sam počeo da učim sve više i morao sam da naučim još više.
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So for a year I said I would keep quiet,
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Tako sam rekao da ću ćutati godinu dana,
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and then on my birthday I would reassess what I had learned
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i onda na moj rođendan bih preispitao ono što sam naučio
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and maybe I would talk again.
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i možda bih ponovo govorio.
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Well, that lasted 17 years.
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Pa, to je trajalo 17 godina.
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Now during that time -- those 17 years -- I walked and I played the banjo
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Sada, tokom tog vremena - tih 17 godina - hodao sam i svirao bendžo
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and I painted and I wrote in my journal, and
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i slikao sam i pisao svoj dnevnik i
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I tried to study the environment by reading books.
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pokušao sam da istražujem okolinu čitanjem knjiga.
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And I decided that I was going to go to school. So I did.
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I odlučio sam da ću ići u školu. I jesam.
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I walked up to Ashland, Oregon,
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Hodao sam do Ašlenda, Oregon,
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where they were offering an environmental studies degree.
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gde s nudili diplomu iz ekoloških nauka.
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It’s only 500 miles.
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To je samo 806 kilometara.
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And I went into the Registrar’s office and --
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I otišao sam u kancelariju za prijave...
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"What, what, what?"
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Šta, šta, šta?
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I had a newspaper clipping.
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Imao sam isečak iz novina.
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"Oh, so you really want to go to school here?
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O, dakle vi stvarno želite da idete ovde u školu?
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You don’t …?
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Vi ne...?
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We have a special program for you." They did.
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Imamo specijalan program za vas. I jesu.
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And in those two years, I graduated with my first degree -- a bachelor’s degree.
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I za te dve godine, dobio sam svoju prvu diplomu - diplomirani student.
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And my father came out, he was so proud.
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I moj otac je došao, bio je ponosan.
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He said, "Listen, we’re really proud of you son,
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Rekao je, "Slušaj, stvarno smo ponosni na tebe sine,
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but what are you going to do with a bachelor’s degree?
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ali šta ćeš da radiš sa tom diplomom?
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You don’t ride in cars, you don’t talk --
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Ne voziš se u kolima, ne govoriš,
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you’re going to have to do those things."
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moraćeš da radiš te stvari."
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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I hunched my shoulder, I picked my backpack up again
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Slegnuo sam ramenima, pokupio svoj ranac i
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and I started walking.
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ponovo počeo da hodam.
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I walked all the way up to Port Townsend, Washington, where I built a wooden boat,
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Hodao sam sve do Port Taunzend, Vašington, gde sam sagradio drveni brod,
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rode it across Puget Sound
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vozio ga do Pjudžet Saunda,
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and walked across Washington [to] Idaho and down to Missoula, Montana.
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Ajdaho - prepešačio Vašington, Ajdaho sve do Misula, Montana.
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I had written the University of Montana two years earlier
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Pisao sam Univerzitetu Montana dve godine ranije
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and said I'd like to go to school there.
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i rekao im da bih voleo da tamo idem u školu.
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I said I'd be there in about two years.
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Rekao sam da ću biti tamo za oko dve godine.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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And I was there. I showed up in two years and they --
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I bio sam tamo. Pojavio sam se za dve godine i oni -
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I tell this story because they really helped me.
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pričam ovu priču jer su mi oni stvarno pomogli.
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There are two stories in Montana.
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Postoje dve priče iz Montane.
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The first story is I didn’t have any money -- that’s a sign I used a lot.
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Prva je da uopšte nisam imao novca - to je znak koji sam mnogo koristio.
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And they said,"Don't worry about that."
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I oni su rekli, "Ne brini o tome."
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The director of the program said, "Come back tomorrow."
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Upravnik programa je rekao, "Vrati se sutra."
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He gave me 150 dollars,
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Dao mi je 150 dolara,
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and he said, "Register for one credit.
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i rekao, "Prijavi se za jedan kurs.
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You’re going to go to South America, aren’t you?"
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Ići ćeš u Južnu Ameriku, zar ne?"
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And I said --
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Rekao sam -
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Rivers and lakes, the hydrological systems, South America.
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reke i jezera, hidrološki sistem, Južna Amerika.
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So I did that.
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I uradio sam to.
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He came back; he said to me,
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Vratio se i rekao mi,
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"OK John, now that you've registered for that one credit,
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rekao je, "OK Džon, sada kada si se prijavio za taj jedan kurs,
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you can have a key to an office, you can matriculate --
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možeš da imaš ključ od kancelarije, možeš da položiš ispit zrelosti -
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you’re matriculating, so you can use the library.
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sazrevaš i možeš da koristiš biblioteku.
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And what we’re going to do
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I ono što ćemo učiniti
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is, we’re going to have all of the professors allow you to go to class.
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jeste da ćemo reći svim profesorima da ti dozvole da pohađaš nastavu,
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They’re going to save your grade,
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čuvaće ti ocenu
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and when we figure out how to get you the rest of the money,
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i kada smislimo kako da ti nabavimo ostatak novca,
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then you can register for that class and they’ll give you the grade."
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onda možeš da se prijaviš za taj kurs i oni će ti dati ocenu."
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Wow, they don’t do that in graduate schools, I don’t think.
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Vau, ne rade to na fakultetima, mislim da ne.
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But I use that story because they really wanted to help me.
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Ali koristim tu priču jer su oni zaista hteli da mi pomognu.
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They saw that I was really interested in the environment,
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Videli su da sam ja zaista zainteresovan za ekologiju,
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and they really wanted to help me along the way.
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i stvarno su hteli da mi pomognu na tom putu.
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And during that time, I actually taught classes without speaking.
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I za to vreme, ja sam zapravo držao nastavu bez da sam govorio.
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I had 13 students when I first walked into the class.
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I imao sam 13 studenata kada sam prvi put ušetao u učionicu,
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I explained, with a friend who could interpret my sign language,
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i objasnio sam sa prijateljem, koji je mogao da tumači moj jezik znakova,
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that I was John Francis, I was walking around the world,
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da sam ja Džon Frensis, hodam po svetu,
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I didn’t talk and this was the last time
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ne govorim i ovo je poslednji put
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this person’s going to be here interpreting for me.
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da će ova osoba biti ovde i prevoditi za mene.
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All the students sat around and they went ...
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Svi studenti su sedeli i uradili...
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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I could see they were looking for the schedule,
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Video sam kako su gledali raspored
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to see when they could get out.
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da vide kada mogu da izađu.
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They had to take that class with me.
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Morali su da uzmu moje časove.
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Two weeks later, everyone was trying to get into our class.
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Dve nedelje kasnije, svi su pokušavali da uđu na naš čas.
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And I learned in that class -- because I would do things like this ...
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I naučio sam u ovom razredu - jer bih uradio stvari poput ove ...
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and they were all gathered around, going, "What's he trying to say?"
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i svi bi se okupili, pitajući se, šta on pokušava da kaže?
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"I don't know, I think he's talking about clear cutting." "Yeah, clear cutting."
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Ne znam, mislim da govori o čistom sečenju. Da, čisto sečenje.
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"No, no, no, that's not clear cutting, that’s -- he's using a handsaw."
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Ne, ne, ne, to nije precizno sečenje, to je - koristi ručnu testeru.
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"Well, you can’t clearcut with a ..."
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Pa, ne možeš da precizno sečeš sa...
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"Yes, you can clear cut ..."
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Da možeš da precizno sečeš ...
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"No, I think he’s talking about selective forestry."
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Ne, mislim da govori o selektivnom šumarstvu.
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Now this was a discussion class and we were having a discussion.
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Ovo je bila nastava diskusije i mi smo imali diskusiju.
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I just backed out of that, you know, and I just kind of kept the fists from flying.
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Ja bih se povukao, znate i na neki način sprečavao pesnice da polete.
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But what I learned was that sometimes I would make a sign
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Ali ono što sam naučio je da bih ponekad napravio znak
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and they said things that I absolutely did not mean,
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i oni bi rekli stvari koje ja apsolutno nisam pomislio,
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but I should have.
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ali trebalo je.
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And so what came to me is, if you were a teacher
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I ono što sam shvatio je, da ako ste nastavnik
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and you were teaching, if you weren’t learning
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i ako predajete, ako ne učite
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you probably weren’t teaching very well.
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verovatno niste dobro predavali.
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And so I went on.
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I tako sam nastavio.
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My dad came out to see me graduate
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Moj tata je došao da me vidi kako diplomiram
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and, you know, I did the deal,
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i znate, odradio sam posao,
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and my father said, "We’re really proud of you son, but ... "
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i moj otac reče, "Stvarno smo ponosni na tebe sine, ali..."
10:25
You know what went on,
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Znate šta je usledilo,
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he said, "You’ve got to start riding and driving and start talking.
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rekao je, "Moraš da počneš da voziš i da se voziš i da počneš da govoriš.
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What are you going to do with a master’s degree?"
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Šta ćeš sa diplomom mastera?"
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I hunched my shoulder, I got my backpack
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Slegnuo sam ramenima, pokupio svoj ranac
10:34
and I went on to the University of Wisconsin.
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i krenuo na Univerzitet Viskonsin.
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I spent two years there writing on oil spills.
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Proveo sam dve godine tamo pišući o izlivima nafte,
10:42
No one was interested in oil spills.
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Niko nije bio zainteresovan za izlivanja nafte.
10:44
But something happened --
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Ali nešto se dogodilo -
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Exxon Valdez.
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Ekson Valdez.
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And I was the only one in the United States writing on oil spills.
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I ja sam bio jedini u Sjedinjenim Državama koji je pisao o izlivima nafte.
10:54
My dad came out again.
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Moj tata je ponovo došao.
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He said, "I don't know how you do this, son --
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Rekao je, "Ne znam kako uspevaš, sine,
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I mean, you don't ride in cars, you don’t talk.
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mislim, ne voziš se u automobilima, ne govoriš.
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My sister said maybe I should leave you alone,
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Moja sestra je rekla možda bi trebalo da te ostavim na miru,
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because you seem to be doing a lot better
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jer se čini da ti ide mnogo bolje
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when you’re not saying anything."
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kada ništa ne govoriš."
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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Well, I put on my backpack again.
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I uzeo sam svoj ranac ponovo.
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I put my banjo on and I walked all the way to the East Coast,
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Uzeo sam svoj bendžo i hodao do Istočne obale,
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put my foot in the Atlantic Ocean --
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stavio svoje stopalo u Atlanstki okean -
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it was seven years and one day it took me to walk across the United States.
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bilo mi je potrebno sedam godina i jedan dan da pređem Sjedinjene Države.
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And on Earth Day, 1990 --
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I na Dan zemlje, 1990.,
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the 20th anniversary of Earth Day -- that’s when I began to speak.
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na 20. godišnjicu Dana zemlje, tada sam počeo da govorim.
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And that’s why I said, "Thank you for being here."
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I zato sam rekao, "Hvala vam što ste ovde."
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Because it's sort of like that tree in the forest falling;
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Zato što je to neka vrsta onog drveta koje pada u šumi,
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and if there's no one there to hear, does it really make a sound?
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i ako nema nikoga da to čuje - da li stvarno pravi zvuk?
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And I’m thanking you, and I'm thanking my family
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I zahvaljujem vam i zahvaljujem svojoj porodici,
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because they had come to hear me speak.
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jer su došli da me čuju kako govorim.
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And that’s communication.
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I to je komunikacija.
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And they also taught me about listening -- that they listened to me.
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Takođe su me naučili slušanju - da su oni mene slušali.
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And it’s one of those things that came out of the silence,
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I to je jedna od onih stvari koje su proizašle iz tišine,
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the listening to each other.
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slušanje jedni drugih.
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Really, very important --
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Zaista, vrlo važno -
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we need to listen to each other.
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moramo da slušamo jedni druge.
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Well, my journey kept going on.
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Pa, moje putovanje se nastavilo.
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My dad said, "That’s one,"
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Moj tata je rekao, "To je jedna,"
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and I still didn’t let that go.
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i još nisam to zaboravio.
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I worked for the Coastguard, was made a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.
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Radiom sam za Obalsku Stražu, postao sam Ambasador dobre volje Ujedninjeninh nacija.
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I wrote regulations for the United States --
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Pisao sam propise za Sjedinjene Države -
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I mean, I wrote oil spill regulations.
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mislim, napisao sam propise o izlivanju nafte.
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20 years ago, if someone had said to me,
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Mislim, pre 20 godina, da mi je neko rekao,
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"John, do you really want to make a difference?"
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"Džon, da li zaista želiš da promeniš nešto?"
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"Yeah, I want to make a difference."
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"Da, želim da promenim nešto."
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He said, "You just start walking east;
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Rekao je, "Samo počni da ideš prema istoku,
12:30
get out of your car and just start walking east."
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izađi iz svog automobila i samo počni da hodaš ka istoku."
12:33
And as I walked off a little bit, they'd say, "Yeah, and shut up, too."
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I kad sam tek krenuo, da su rekli, "Da, i zaveži.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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"You’re going to make a difference, buddy."
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Promenićeš nešto, druškane."
12:42
How could that be, how could that be?
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Kako je to moguće, kako je to moguće?
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How could doing such a simple thing like walking and not talking
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Kako tako mala stvar poput hodanja i ćutanja
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make a difference?
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može da dovede do promene?
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Well, my time at the Coast Guard was a really good time.
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Pa, moje vreme u Obalskoj Straži je bilo stvarno dobro vreme.
12:55
And after that -- I only worked one year --
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I posle toga - radio sam samo godinu dana -
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I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that."
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rekao sam, "To je dovoljno, jedna godina da to radim je dovoljno za mene."
13:02
I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,
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Popeo sam se na jedrilicu i otplovio do Kariba,
13:05
and walked through all of the islands, and to Venezuela.
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i šetao kroz sva ostrva do Venecuele.
13:12
And you know, I forgot the most important thing,
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I znate, zaboravio sam najvažniju stvar,
13:16
which is why I started talking, which I have to tell you.
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a to je zašto sam počeo da govorim, a moram to da vam kažem.
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I started talking because I had studied environment.
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Počeo sam da govorim zato što sam studirao ekologiju,
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I’d studied environment at this formal level,
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učio sam o životnoj sredini na tom, formalnom nivou,
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but there was this informal level.
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ali postojao je i taj neformalni nivo.
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And the informal level --
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A neformalni nivo -
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I learned about people, and what we do and how we are.
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učio sam o ljudima i šta činimo i kakvi smo.
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And environment changed from just being about trees and birds
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I okolina je od drveća i ptica
13:44
and endangered species to being about how we treated each other.
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i ugroženih vrsta došla do toga da bude o tome kako se ophodimo jedni prema drugima.
13:50
Because if we are the environment,
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Jer, ako smo mi okolina,
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then all we need to do is look around us
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onda svi treba da se osvrnemo okolo
13:54
and see how we treat ourselves and how we treat each other.
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i pogledamo kako se ophodimo prema nama samima i prema drugima.
13:59
And so that’s the message that I had.
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I to je poruka koju imam.
14:03
And I said, "Well, I'm going to have to spread that message."
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I rekao sam, "Pa, moraću da širim poruku."
14:05
And I got in my sailboat, sailed all the way through the Caribbean --
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I odjedrio sam do Kariba -
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it wasn't really my sailboat, I kind of worked on that boat --
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nije to bila moja jedrilica zapravo, na neki način sam radio na njoj -
14:13
got to Venezuela and I started walking.
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stigao do Venecuele i počeo da hodam.
14:17
This is the last part of this story, because it’s how I got here,
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Ovo je poslednji deo priče, jer govori o tome kako sam stigao ovde,
14:20
because I still didn't ride in motorized vehicles.
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jer i dalje se nisam vozio u motorizovanim vozilima.
14:23
I was walking through El Dorado -- it's a prison town, famous prison,
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Hodao sam kroz El Dorado - to je zatvroski grad, slavni zatvor,
14:30
or infamous prison -- in Venezuela, and I don’t know what possessed me,
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ili neslavni zatvor - u Venecueli i ne znam šta me je obuzelo,
14:35
because this was not like me.
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jer to nije ličilo na mene.
14:37
There I am, walking past the guard gate and the guard stops and says,
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Evo mene, prolazim pored stražara koji me zaustavlja i kaže,
14:44
"Pasaporte, pasaporte," and with an M16 pointed at me.
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"Pasaporte, pasaporte," i uperio M16 u mene.
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And I looked at him and I said, "Passport, huh?
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Pogledao sam ga i rekao, "Pasoš, ha,
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I don't need to show you my passport. It’s in the back of my pack.
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ne treba da ti pokažem pasoš, u rancu je.
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I'm Dr. Francis; I'm a U.N. Ambassador and I'm walking around the world."
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Ja sam Dr Frensis, ja sam ambasador Ujedinjenih nacija i ja hodam svetom."
15:02
And I started walking off.
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I počeo sam da odmičem.
15:04
What possessed me to say this thing?
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Šta me je obuzelo da to kažem?
15:09
The road turned into the jungle.
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Put se pretvorio u džunglu.
15:11
I didn’t get shot.
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Nisam ustreljen.
15:13
And I got to -- I start saying, "Free at last --
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I stigao sam - počeo sam da govorim, napokon slobodan,
15:17
thank God Almighty, I’m free at last."
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hvala svevišnjem bogu, napokon sam slobodan.
15:24
"What was that about," I’m saying. What was that about?
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O čemu se tu radilo, kažem, o čemu se tu radilo?
15:27
It took me 100 miles to figure out that, in my heart, in me,
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Bilo mi je potrebno oko 150 kilometara da shvatim da sam u mom srcu, u meni,
15:35
I had become a prisoner.
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postao zatvorenik.
15:38
I was a prisoner and I needed to escape.
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Bio sam zatvorenik i morao sam da pobegnem.
15:42
The prison that I was in was the fact that I did not drive
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Zatvor u kojem sam bio bila je činjenica da nisam vozio
15:48
or use motorized vehicles.
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ili koristio motorizovana vozila.
15:50
Now how could that be?
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Sada, kako je to moguće?
15:52
Because when I started, it seemed very appropriate to me
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Jer kada sam počeo, izgledalo mi je vrlo prikladno
15:56
not to use motorized vehicles.
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da ne koristim motorizovana vozila.
15:58
But the thing that was different
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Ali stvar koja je bila drugačija
16:00
was that every birthday, I asked myself about silence,
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je da sam svakog rođendana, pitao sebe o tišini,
16:03
but I never asked myself about my decision to just use my feet.
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ali nikada nisam pitao sebe o odluci da koristim samo svoja stopala.
16:11
I had no idea I was going to become a U.N. Ambassador.
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Nisam imao pojma da ću postati ambasador UN.
16:14
I had no idea I would have a Ph.D.
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Nisam znao da ću imati titulu doktora.
16:18
And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me,
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I shvatio sam da imam odgovornost veću od mene samog,
16:24
and that I was going to have to change.
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i da ću morati da se promenim.
16:26
You know, we can do it.
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Znate, mi to možemo.
16:29
I was going to have to change.
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Moraću da se promenim.
16:31
And I was afraid to change,
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I bojao sam se promene,
16:33
because I was so used to the guy who only just walked.
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jer sam bio navikao na momka koji je samo hodao.
16:36
I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop.
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Toliko sam se navikao na tu osobu da nisam hteo da prestanem.
16:42
I didn’t know who I would be if I changed.
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Nisam znao ko ću biti ako se promenim.
16:45
But I know I needed to.
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Ali znao sam da moram.
16:48
I know I needed to change, because it would be the only way
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Znao sam da moram da se promenim, jer je to bio jedini način
16:52
that I could be here today.
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da budem danas ovde.
16:56
And I know that a lot of times
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I znam da puno puta
16:59
we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to,
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pronađemo sebe na ovom čudesnom mestu gde smo dospeli,
17:03
but there’s another place for us to go.
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ali ne postoji drugo mesto za nas.
17:06
And we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become,
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I na neki način moramo da ostavimo iza sigurnost onoga što smo postali,
17:12
and go to the place of who we are becoming.
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i da odemo na mesto onoga što postajemo.
17:19
And so, I want to encourage you to go to that next place,
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I tako, želim da vas ohrabrim da odete na sledeće mesto,
17:28
to let yourself out of any prison that you might find yourself in,
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da oslobodite sebe bilo kakvog zatvora u kojem možete da se zateknete,
17:33
as comfortable as it may be, because we have to do something now.
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koliko god udobno može da bude, jer moramo da uradimo nešto odmah.
17:41
We have to change now.
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Moramo odmah da se promenimo.
17:47
As our former Vice President said,
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Kao što je naš bivši potpredsednik rekao,
17:52
we have to become activists.
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moramo da postanemo aktivisti.
17:56
So if my voice can touch you,
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I ako moj glas može da utiče na vas,
18:00
if my actions can touch you, if my being here can touch you,
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ako moje akcije mogu da utiču na vas, ako moj boravak ovde može da utiče na vas,
18:04
please let it be.
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molim vas dozvolite to.
18:06
And I know that all of you have touched me
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I znam da ste svi vi uticali na mene
18:11
while I’ve been here.
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dok sam bio ovde.
18:16
So, let’s go out into the world
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I hajde da izađemo u svet
18:19
and take this caring, this love, this respect
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i uzmemo ovu brigu, ovu ljubav, ovo poštovanje
18:22
that we’ve shown each other right here at TED,
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koje smo pokazali jedni drugima ovde u TEDu,
18:27
and take this out into the world.
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i ponesemo ovo u svet.
18:29
Because we are the environment,
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Zato što mi jesmo životna sredina,
18:34
and how we treat each other
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i kako se ophodimo jedni prema drugima
18:37
is really how we’re going to treat the environment.
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to je zapravo kako se ophodimo prema životnoj sredini.
18:42
So I want to thank you for being here
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Tako da želim da vam zahvalim što ste ovde
18:46
and I want to end this in five seconds of silence.
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i želim ovo da završim sa pet sekundi tišine.
18:59
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
19:01
(Applause)
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(aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Francis - Planet walkerJohn Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet.
Why you should listen
One day in 1983, John Francis stepped out on a walk. For the next 22 years, he trekked and sailed around North and South America, carrying a message of respect for the Earth -- for 17 of those years, without speaking. During his monumental, silent trek, he earned
an MA in environmental studies and a PhD in land resources.
Today his Planetwalk foundation consults on sustainable development and works with educational groups to teach kids about the environment.
John Francis | Speaker | TED.com