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Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997
"All of us have special ones who have loved us into being." Take ten seconds. Think of yours. 💛
Who it's for
Instead of talking about himself, Rogers turns his award into a brief guided exercise, asking a room full of people to spend ten seconds thinking of those who helped them become who they are.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Fred Rogers' acceptance speech for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in New York on May 21, 1997. Instead of talking about his own career, he asks the audience to spend ten seconds silently thinking of the people who helped them become who they are.
Where to find it
YouTube, official Emmy Awards channel (free). Transcript on AmericanRhetoric.com; a shorter clip is on theemmys.tv.
Before you start
Heads up: May stir grief for lost loved ones.
Age: All ages
When I stand before thee at the day's end thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 290
