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Michael Bloomberg: Trans-partisan savior

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  • Monday, December 31, 2007 07:37 PM

    @ Bethinary, Ondelette, et al

    Earlier tonight, I was commenting on acting and Chuck Hagel, at the invitation of RMP.

    The play's the thing, as the saying goes, but, more fundamentally, it's all about finding your voice, regardless of the medium.

    Reporting, bearing witness, requires a courageous voice.

    Go for it.

    Play on.

    ~~~

    THE ACTOR'S VOW

    I will take my rightful place on the stage

    And I will be myself.

    I am not a cosmic orphan;

    I have no reason to be timid.

    I will respond as I feel; awkwardly, vulgarly;

    But respond.

    I will have my throat open.

    I will have my heart open.

    I will be vulnerable.

    I may have anything or everything

    The world has to offer,

    But the thing I need most,

    And want most, is to be myself.

    I will admit rejection, admit pain, admit shame,

    Admit outrage, admit anything and

    Everything that happened to me.

    The best and most human parts of me are

    Those I have inhabited and hidden from

    The world.

    I will work on it.

    I will raise my voice.

    I will be heard.

    - Elia Kazan

    ~~~

    Happy New Year ...

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