[0:03]from the time you were little,
[0:16]people have smiled you into smiling,
[0:34]people have talked you into talking,
[0:50]sung you into singing, loved you into loving.
[1:15]people have helped you all along the way. some of them may be right here.
[1:46]some of them may be far away,
[2:00]some of them may even be in heaven,
[2:12]but deep down you've always known they wanted what was better,
[2:52]that they wanted what was best for you.
[3:05]they've cared about you beyond measure,
[3:21]and have encouraged you to be true to the best within you.
[3:53]I heard this quote I wrote it down,
[4:20]and the speech that I was writing for this I ripped up because
[4:39]I I didn't come into this business.
[4:54]my first job was 26 I did not come in fully formed.
[5:17]I always feel that I'm a work in progress and there is no
[5:37]absolutely I promise you no way I would be standing on this stage
[6:07]with this extraordinary honor.
[6:33]from the time you were little, people have smiled you into smiling, people have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving. people have helped you all along the way, some of them may be right here, some of them may be far away, some of them may even be in heaven, but deep down you've always known they wanted what was better, that they wanted what was best for you. They've cared about you beyond measure, and have encouraged you to be true to the best within you. I heard this quote I wrote it down, and the speech that I was writing for this I ripped up because I I didn't come into this business. my first job was 26 I did not come in fully formed. I always feel that I'm a work in progress and there is no absolutely I promise you no way I would be standing on this stage with this extraordinary honor.



