Favourite Speeches

 This blog post has been planned for a long time and doesn't really have that much input from me. This blog post just contains two of my favourite speeches, in the order I discovered them.

 

The first one is from the show Doctor Who, which I have mentioned earlier as one of my most like TV shows. The protagonist, the Doctor, is an alien, though looking human. Every time a member of their species is about to die, their body "regenerates" in which they change their body and personality, still having the memories. This is the speech the 12th incarnation says before regenerating.

It all just disappears doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment like breath on a mirror.

Any moment now, he’s a coming, The Doctor and I always will be. But times change and so must I. We all change, when you think about it.

We are all different people all through our lives and that's okay, that's good you've got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.

I will not forget one line of this, not one day, I swear. I will always remember when The Doctor was me...

Originally typed by  u/pottrell on Reddit.

It not only is very emotional for me as a Doctor Who fan,  but also has a particularly interesting life lesson.

The second speech was given by a member of BTS, also aforementioned as one of my favourite musicians, at the 73rd UN General Assembly. A bit longer but worth a read.

 Thank you, Mr. Secretary General. UNICEF Executive Director, and all the excellencies and distinguished guests from all across the world. My name is Kim Nam Joon, also known as RM, the leader of the group BTS. It is an incredible honour to be invited to an occasion with such significance for today’s young generation. Last November, BTS launched the Love Myself campaign with UNICEF, building on our belief that true love first begins with loving myself. We have been partnering with UNICEF’s #ENDviolence program, to protect children and young people all over the world from violence. And our fans have become a major part of this campaign, with their action and with their enthusiasm. We truly have the best fans in the world.

And I’d like to begin by talking about myself. I was born in Ilsan, a city near Seoul, South Korea.  It is a really beautiful place, with a lake, hills, and even an annual flower festival. I spent a very happy childhood there, and I was just and ordinary boy. I used to look up at the night sky in wonder and I used to dream the dreams of a boy. I used to imagine that I was a superhero who could save the world. And in an intro to one of our early albums, there is a line that says, “My heart stopped when I was maybe nine or ten.” Looking back, I think that’s when I began to worry about what other people thought of me, and started seeing myself through their eyes. I stopped looking up at the night skies, the stars. I stopped daydreaming. Instead, I just tried to jam myself into the moulds that other people made. Soon, I began to shut out my own voice, and started to listen to the voices of others. No one called out my name, and neither did I. My heart stopped and my eyes closed shut. So, like this, I, we all lost our names. We became like ghosts.

But I had one sanctuary, and that was music. There was a small voice inside of me that said, “Wake up man, and listen to yourself.” But it took me quite a long time to hear music calling my real name. Even after making the decision to join BTS, there were a lot of hurdles. Some people might not believe it, but most people thought we were hopeless. And sometimes, I just wanted to quit. But I think I was very lucky that I didn’t give it all up. And I’m sure that I and we will keep stumbling and falling like this. BTS has become artists performing in those huge stadiums and selling millions of albums right now, but I am still an ordinary 24-year-old guy. If there’s anything that I’ve achieved, it was only possible because I have my other BTS members right by my side, and because of the love and the support that our ARMY fans all over the world made for us. And maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. Today, I am who I am with all of my faults and my mistakes. Tomorrow, I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that would be me too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I am, for who I was, and for who I hope to become.

I’d like to say one last thing. After releasing our Love Yourself albums, and launching the Love Myself campaign, we started to hear remarkable stories from our fans all over the world, how our message helped them overcome their hardships in life, and start loving themselves. Those stories constantly remind us of our responsibility. So, let’s all take one more step. We have learned to love ourselves, so now I urge you to speak yourself.

I’d like to ask all of you, what is your name? What excites you, and makes your heart beat? Tell me your story. I want to hear your voice and I want to hear your conviction. No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin color, your gender identity, just speak yourself.

Find your name, and find yourself by speaking yourself. I’m Kim Namjoon and also RM of BTS. I’m an idol and I’m an artist from a small town in Korea. Like most people, I’ve made many and plenty mistakes in my life. I have many faults, and I have many more fears, but I’m going to embrace myself as I hard as I can, and I’m starting to love myself gradually, just little by little.

What is your name?

Speak yourself.

Thank you very much.

Originally typed by hershey (minyu/sojie) on Amino.

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