Speech for Hrm101

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Oprah Winfrey Speech

54th EMMY Awards

54th Annual EMMY Awards Famous Speech by Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Receives the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award - September 22, 2002

"Thank you everybody. Thank you Tom, and Bob and Dolores, who are home watching I

hope, thank you so much, and to everyone who voted for me.

There really is nothing more important to me than striving to be a good human being. So,

to be here tonight and be acknowledged as the first to receive this honor is beyond

expression in words for me. 'I am a human being, nothing human is alien to me.' Terence

said that in 154 B.C. and when I first read it many years ago, I had no idea of the depth of

that meaning.

I grew up in Nashville with a father who owned a barbershop, Winfrey's Barber Shop, hestill does, I can't get him to retire. And every holiday, every holiday, all of the transients

and the guys who I thought were just losers who hung out at the shop, and were always

bumming haircuts from my father and borrowing money from my dad, all those guys

always ended up at our dinner table. They were a cast of real charactersit was Fox and

Shorty and Bootsy and Slim. And I would say, 'Bootsy, could you pass the peas please?'

And I would often say to my father afterwards, 'Dad, why can't we just have regular

people at our Christmas dinner?'because I was looking for the Currier & Ives version.

And my father said to me, 'They are regular people. They're just like you. They want the

same thing you want.' And I would say, 'What?' And he'd say, 'To be fed.' And at the time,

I just thought he was talking about dinner. But I have since learned how profound he really

was, because we all are just regular people seeking the same thing. The guy on the street,the woman in the classroom, the Israeli, the Afghani, the Zuni, the Apache, the Irish, the

Protestant, the Catholic, the gay, the straight, you, mewe all just want to know that we

matter. We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety and we want to live

a long life. We want to find somebody to love. Stedman, thank you. We want to find

somebody to laugh with and have the power and the place to cry with when necessary.

The greatest pain in life is to be invisible. What I've learned is that we all just want to be

heard. And I thank all the people who continue to let me hear your stories, and by sharing

your stories, you let other people see themselves and for a moment, glimpse the power to

change and the power to triumph.

Maya Angelou said, 'When you learn, teach. When you get, give.' I want you to know that

this award to me means that I will continue to strive to give back to the world what it has

given to me, so that I might even be more worthy of tonight's honor.

Thank you."


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William Shakespeare speech

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Juliet:

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo:

[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,

Nor arm nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O be some other name!

What's in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other word would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes

Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,

and for thy name, which is no part of thee,

Take all myself.


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William Shakespeare speech

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks

Romeo:

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,

That thou her maid art far more fair than she:

Be not her maid, since she is envious;

Her vestal livery is but sick and green

And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.

It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To twinkle in their spheres till they return.

What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.

See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

That I might touch that cheek!


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Charles Kennedy Speech - A Drink Problem

Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats party - A Drink Problem

Cowley Street, London

5 January 2006

This short speech was given by Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats party

I've called this press briefing to address an issuedirectlyone that has been a source of

concern to myself and to others for some time.

Over the past eighteen months I have been coming to terms with and seeking to cope with a

drink problem. And I've come to learn through that process that any drink problem is a

serious problem indeed for yourself and for those around about you. I've sought

professional help and I believe today that this issue is essentially resolved. People close to

me know that this has been a struggle and for extended periods I have consumed no alcohol

at all. As a matter of fact I haven't had a drink for the past two months and I don'tintend to in the future. I've learnt the hard way of the need to face up to this medical

problem one that is dealt with successfully by many others on a daily basis.

I have chosen not to acknowledge it publicly in this way before because, if at all possible, I

wanted to overcome it privately. In a sense, this admission today comes as something of a

personal relief. I should have been willing to talk about it more openly before. I wish I had.

This issue hasunderstandablybeen of concern to several of my parliamentary

colleagues. They have been both understanding and supportive. I am extremely grateful to

them for that. It also lies beneath much of the current leadership speculation within the

parliamentary party.

Therefore, let me be clear. I consider myself capable and in good health and I remain

politically determined as leader of the party. This party's members have shown me

tremendous support over the years and overwhelmingly in recent weeks and days. It is a

privilege to serve as their leader. I want to continue doing so, not least because the

prospects in front of us in this parliament are so great.

Given my statement today I believe it is only fair now to give our party members their say

over the continuing leadership. It is open to any colleague who believes that they can better

represent the longer-term interests of the party to stand against me in such a leadership

election. I am requesting that the party puts in place the necessary steps to enable this

election to take place immediately.

Given the extremely personal nature of this statement I trust that you will understand that

I do not propose to make further comments.


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