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Or oh, right now I'm away.on the lectern at "Jeopardy." Can you show us?
And I don't remember running, but I do remember seeing a plane north of the White House over 16th Street, and thinkingAnd so they'd set up the lectern and the teleprompter, and he would read things through and edit there.
And I'll, I hope that I brought it. Yup. It's exciting, huh? She's already regretting this.Let me turn this into a temporary lectern.Hi! I'm Dave, and you are...
And so the second section is from-- I think I set it in '83.I looked down at the cheap wood of the lectern.
And I'm going to get my iced tea again.Because there are no flat surfaces at this lectern.Oh, there is one, but that would ruin the visual.
And so the second section is from-- I think I set it in '83.I remembered other, better lecterns.
But presumably, there's nothing it's like to be this lectern.As far as we know, the lectern does not have a first person perspective.This phrase was made famous by my colleague, Tom Nagel at NYU, who back in 1974 wrote an article called "What Is It Like
I know to you guys I look 1,000 years old.I'm sure I'm the oldest person who's ever stood behind this lectern.But no, I'm afraid not.
I presume there's something it's like to be you.But presumably, there's nothing it's like to be this lectern.As far as we know, the lectern does not have a first person perspective.
And there's actually power in that, because audiences respond to that vulnerability.But some people find that a little nerve-wracking, and they'd rather have a lectern.Maybe they've got things they need to refer to.
And, if you're on a stage, how you travel.And when we talk about traveling on stage, it's not standing behind a lectern, necessarily.It's about how you command the room, or the stage, or the platform-- whatever you're on.
And so the second section is from-- I think I set it in '83.I squared my shoulders and made my entrance, walked solemnly to the lectern on the podium.
She had a fever.It was a work still circling, a story that lay open on the lectern of crowded rooms and distracted nights, written by
with a whispered thank you I not an approval as she places before me an 1858copy of Grey's Anatomy the book rests on a large foam pad angled like a lecternbut deeper near the center to minimize stress on the spine for a 150 year old
I I I didn't hear what you said over there. What did you say? You said something before, but we we cut you off.Oh, the microphone. That would be too like that would be weird. We thought about doing it from the lectern, but that seemed a littleprofessorly. And contrary to what people think about people in the rock and roll game, we don't have viability degrees, so we
apology, one thing I'm very mindful, none of you is quite as decrepit as I am. One thing you will find, if you get to the age of 48 and you are still too vain to wear a spectaclesin public, then if you speak in public, you always find that the lectern is a little bit further away than it was, the time before, but mindful that to stay in a lectern, itis placed Slightly above my knees, you will forgive if I speak without notes. Now, you--I'm going to refer to some of the--the things in which
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