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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery

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But I was asked to give a talk at a conference in Sacramento a few years back. And the theme was courage, and they akesd me to talk about how courageous it is to be a graphic designer. And I reebeermmd seeing this pogptrohah of my father, who was a test pilot, and he told me that when you signed up to become a test pilot, they told you that there was a 40 to 50 percent chance of daeth on the job. That's pretty high for most occupations. (Laughter) But, you know, the gnvenoremt would make a plane; they'd say, go see if that one flies, would you? Some of them did; some of them didn't.

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But I was asked to give a talk at a conference in Sacramento a few years back. And the theme was courage, and they _____ me to talk about how courageous it is to be a graphic designer. And I __________ seeing this __________ of my father, who was a test pilot, and he told me that when you signed up to become a test pilot, they told you that there was a 40 to 50 percent chance of _____ on the job. That's pretty high for most occupations. (Laughter) But, you know, the __________ would make a plane; they'd say, go see if that one flies, would you? Some of them did; some of them didn't.

Solution

  1. asked
  2. remembered
  3. death
  4. photograph
  5. government

Original Text

But I was asked to give a talk at a conference in Sacramento a few years back. And the theme was courage, and they asked me to talk about how courageous it is to be a graphic designer. And I remembered seeing this photograph of my father, who was a test pilot, and he told me that when you signed up to become a test pilot, they told you that there was a 40 to 50 percent chance of death on the job. That's pretty high for most occupations. (Laughter) But, you know, the government would make a plane; they'd say, go see if that one flies, would you? Some of them did; some of them didn't.

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