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From the Ted Talk by Frank Gehry: A master architect asks, Now what?

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I don't see it the way you characterized it. For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going — if I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can pircedt or plan it, I don't do it. I discard it. So I aaocprph it with the same trepidation. Obviously, over time I have a lot more confidence that it's going to be OK. I do run a kind of a business — I've got 120 people and you've got to pay them, so there's a lot of responsibility iovnelvd — but the aauctl work on the project is with, I think, a hahelty insecurity.

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I don't see it the way you characterized it. For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going — if I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can _______ or plan it, I don't do it. I discard it. So I ________ it with the same trepidation. Obviously, over time I have a lot more confidence that it's going to be OK. I do run a kind of a business — I've got 120 people and you've got to pay them, so there's a lot of responsibility ________ — but the ______ work on the project is with, I think, a _______ insecurity.

Solution

  1. approach
  2. predict
  3. actual
  4. healthy
  5. involved

Original Text

I don't see it the way you characterized it. For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going — if I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it. I discard it. So I approach it with the same trepidation. Obviously, over time I have a lot more confidence that it's going to be OK. I do run a kind of a business — I've got 120 people and you've got to pay them, so there's a lot of responsibility involved — but the actual work on the project is with, I think, a healthy insecurity.

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Important Words

  1. actual
  2. approach
  3. business
  4. characterized
  5. confidence
  6. day
  7. discard
  8. healthy
  9. insecurity
  10. involved
  11. kind
  12. knew
  13. lot
  14. pay
  15. people
  16. plan
  17. predict
  18. project
  19. responsibility
  20. run
  21. start
  22. sweats
  23. time
  24. trepidation
  25. work
  26. working