莎拉莎拉琼斯琼斯 TEDTED 精彩演讲稿精彩演讲稿I should tell you that when I was asked to be here, I thought to myself that well, its TED. And these TED sters are - you know, as innocent as that name sounds - these are thephilanthropists and artists and scientists who sort of shape our world. And what could I possibly have to say that would be distinguished enough to justify my participation in something like that? And so I thought perhaps a really civilized sounding British accent might help things a bit.And then I thought no, no. I should just get up there and be myself and just talk the way I really talk because, after all, this is the great unveiling. And so I thought Id come up here and unveil my real voice to you. Although many of you already know that I do speak the Queens English because I am from Queens, New York. (Laughter) But the theme of this session, of course, is invention. And while I dont have any patents that Im aware of, you will be meeting a few of my inventions today. And I suppose its fair to say that I am interested in the invention of self or selves. Were all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits, unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts. But then what? To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions. And so Ive brought a couple of them with me. And well, theyre very excited. What I should tell you - what I should tell you is that theyve each prepared their own little TED talks. So feel free to think of this as Sarah University. (Laughter)Okay. Okay. Oh, well. Oh, wonderful. Good evening everybody. Thank you so very much for having me here today. Ah, thank you very much. My name is Loraine Levine. Oh my! Theres so many of you. Hi sweetheart. Okay. (Laughter) Anyway, I am here because of a young girl, Sarah Jones. Shes a very nice, young, black girl. Well you know, she calls herself black, shes really more like a caramel color if you look at her. But anyway, (Laughter) she has me here because she puts me in her show, what she calls her one-woman show. And you know what that means, of course. That means she takes the credit and then makes us come out here and do all the work. But I dont mind.Frankly, Im kvelling just to be here with all the luminaries you have attending something like this, you know. Really, its amazing. Not only, of course, the scientists and all the wonderful giants of the industries but the celebrities. There are so many celebrities running around here. I saw - Glenn Close I saw earlier. I love her. And she was getting a yogurt in the Google cafe. Isnt that adorable. (Laughter) So many others you see, theyre just wonderful. Its lovely to know theyre concerned, you know. And - oh, I saw Goldie Hawn. Oh, Goldie Hawn. I love her, too; shes wonderful. Yeah. You know, shes only half Jewish. Did you know that about her? Yeah. But even so, a wonderful talent. And I - you know, when I saw her, such a wonderful feeling. Yeah, shes lovely. But anyway, I should have started by saying just how lucky I feel. Its such an eye-opening experience to be here. Youre all so responsible for this world that we live in today. You know, I couldnt have dreamed of such a thing as a young girl. And youve all made these advancements happen in such a short time. Youre all so young. You know, youre parents must be very proud.But I - I also appreciate the diversity that you have here. I noticed its very multicultural. You know, when youre standing up here, you can see all the different people. Its like a rainbow. Its okay to say rainbow. Yeah. I just - I cant keep up with whether you can say, you know, the different things. What are you allowed to say or not say? I just - I dont want to offend anybody. You know. But anyway, you know, I just think that to be here with all of you accomplished young people, literally, some of you, the architects building our brighter future. You know, its heartening to me. Even though, quite frankly, some of your presentations are horrifying, absolutely horrifying. Its true. Its true. You know, between the environmental degradation and the crashing of the world markets youre talking about. And of course, we know its all because of the - all the . Well, I dont know how else to say it to you, so Ill just say it my way. The ganeyvish tetikeyt coming from the governments and the, you know, the bankers and the Wall Street. You know it. Anyway. (Laughter)The point is, Im happy somebody has practical ideas to get us out of this mess. So I salute each of you and your stellar achievements. Thank you for all that you do. And congratulations on being such big makhers that youve become TED meisters. So, happy continued success. Congratulations. Mozel tov. (Applause)Hi. Hi. Tha