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Running a library is a serious matter. It isn’t just falling in love. Based on the stage play "The Library" by Adam Szymkowicz.
Transcript
00:02First official day?
00:04How do you feel?
00:05I feel good.
00:07The same. Different.
00:09You have been trusted with a sacred duty.
00:12Do you need help finding anything?
00:14I was looking for...
00:18I forgot.
00:20A responsibility to protect knowledge.
00:22I would take a bullet for a book.
00:24Literature. He's passionate.
00:26Hey, can I steal you for a minute?
00:28We're kind of in the middle of...
00:29It'll only take a minute. The science is...
00:32You can't take this one out.
00:33You're just not ready. I'll prove it to you.
00:35Exactly how many letters have you written
00:37and then put in library books, hoping he'll find one?
00:40I think soon he'll find one and read it
00:42and realize he loves me.
00:44Sure. Research is about boldness.
00:46Research is patient.
00:48Research is about curiosity.
00:50But sometimes you just have to leave room for the unexpected.
00:52Let's not be afraid anymore.
00:54I'm someone who takes things seriously, too.
00:56Wherever the research leads, we must follow.
00:58Huzzah!
00:59When you protect this knowledge,
01:01you protect humanity itself.
01:04Maybe we should embrace a certain amount of chaos.
01:07I'll lend it to you.
01:09The library will.

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