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10 Seconds That May Change Your Day … and Your Life

10 Seconds That May Change Your Day … and Your Life
Fred Rogers, the host of the children's television series, "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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In 1997, Fred Rogers of the children’s television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” received an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award. His acceptance speech was 153 words long. Here is the speech, which you can also watch on YouTube:
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.