Ten Words
"**Scenes that can only be performed, they can't be read**".
info_outline Ep. 34 AARON SORKIN (Part One)Ten Words
"The story doesn't really begin until you've introduced the intention".
info_outline Ep. 33 Sir DAVID ATTENBOROUGHTen Words
"Nothing stays the same and it can't remain the same".
info_outline Ep. 32 BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHTen Words
"Enjoy the journey of life and not just the end game".
info_outline Ep. 31 MARK RONSONTen Words
"Take the things that you love and build on them."
info_outline Ep. 30 JEREMY WAITETen Words
"You can change the world just by sharing your story".
info_outline Ep. 29 Sir DAVID BRAILSFORDTen Words
"There is no 'I' in team (but there is a 'Me')".
info_outline Ep. 28 CHRIS HADFIELDTen Words
"It's really important to remind ourselves that impossible things happen".
info_outline Ep. 27 GRETA THUNBERGTen Words
"We can't save the world by playing by the rules".
info_outline Ep. 26 STEVE JOBSTen Words
"You can change the world just by sharing your story".
info_outline"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends".
Containing just 272 words, the Gettysburg Address packs more greatness into two minutes than any other speech ever given. (Including MLK’s I have a dream speech IMHO). What was it that made this ten sentence speech so powerful? What exactly did America’s 16th President Abraham Lincoln say on 19th November 1863 and why did he say it?
In this episode I look behind the scenes at this iconic speech, and search for inspiration that can help us all tell our own stories better. And what better place to do that than the Gettysburg Address, a speech famous for containing big ideas in small words and short sentences.
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
- Video (featuring Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg and Taylor Swift)
- Transcripts of the Gettysburg Address
LINKS
- Learn the Address (2013 Campaign celebrating the 150th anniversary of the address)
- Analysis of the Gettysburg Address (context)
- Analysis of the Gettysburg Address (rhetoric)
- Emancipation Proclamation background
- Aristotle's Poetics
- Barack Obama reading the Gettysburg Address (read the comments)
- 10 Facts about Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
- The Greatest 250 Word Speech Ever Written
- The Gettysburg Address (Speech analysis)
- Lincoln by Steven Spielberg (Trailer)
THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
MY TEN WORDS PREP NOTES