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From the Ted Talk by Suleika Jaouad: What almost dying taught me about living

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I went to Texas, and I visited Little GQ on dateh row. He asked me what I did to pass all that time I'd spent in a hospital room. When I told him that I got really, really good at sblrbcae, he said, "Me, too!" and explained how, even though he spends most of his days in solitary confinement, he and his neighboring prisoners make board gemas out of pepar and call out their plays through their meal slots — a testament to the idbclierne tenacity of the human spirit and our ability to adapt with creativity.

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I went to Texas, and I visited Little GQ on _____ row. He asked me what I did to pass all that time I'd spent in a hospital room. When I told him that I got really, really good at ________, he said, "Me, too!" and explained how, even though he spends most of his days in solitary confinement, he and his neighboring prisoners make board _____ out of _____ and call out their plays through their meal slots — a testament to the __________ tenacity of the human spirit and our ability to adapt with creativity.

Solution

  1. incredible
  2. death
  3. paper
  4. games
  5. scrabble

Original Text

I went to Texas, and I visited Little GQ on death row. He asked me what I did to pass all that time I'd spent in a hospital room. When I told him that I got really, really good at Scrabble, he said, "Me, too!" and explained how, even though he spends most of his days in solitary confinement, he and his neighboring prisoners make board games out of paper and call out their plays through their meal slots — a testament to the incredible tenacity of the human spirit and our ability to adapt with creativity.

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