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Now, that is an incredibly important thing.
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To see your background, your experience,
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your history represented
out there in the world,
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having a voice, speaking on a platform,
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doing the things that perhaps you
hope that you would be able to do.
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If you can't see yourself out there
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or anyone who looks like you
or sounds like you,
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it's very hard to imagine
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that you'll be able to do that as well.
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And that’s one part
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of what was incredibly important,
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I've realized over the years,
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of what was incredibly important about
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me being able to have the life
and the opportunities
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and the career that I've had.
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But it's only one part.
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I've realized more and more
as time has gone on
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how much I owe
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everything, all the opportunities I've had,
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to other people
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and the work of other people.
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