00:00Thank you very much. It is far for this special and unique honor. I'm not even exactly sure what I'm an icon of or an icon for.
00:27I mean, who the FMI compared to the luminaries would be here tonight. But as a storyteller and as a teacher, I've often said that the best antidote to fake news is true fiction.
00:46And this is the kind of fiction that doesn't just deal with the despair and the sordidness around us.
00:58I'm talking about fiction that makes us believe that with faith, hope, and courage, we can be better than we are and better than we have ever been.
01:16Salam alaikum.
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