ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gill Hicks - Survivor and activist
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace.

Why you should listen

Dr. Gill Hicks is considered to be one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist bombings on July 7, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee.

Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Hicks has lived in London since 1991, however in 2012 Hicks returned to Australia where she operates nationally and internationally through her not for profit M.A.D. for Peace network and her public speaking work.

Her unique and compelling projects and initiative's, aimed at both deterring anyone from following the path of violent extremism and building sustainable models for peace, draw upon Hicks's previous roles within the Arts.

An impressive career before the bombings included being at the helm of some of the UK's most prestigious and respected institutions -- including publishing director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine, Blueprint, director of the Dangerous Minds design consultancy and head curator at the Design Council. It wasn’t until after the bombings that Hicks decided to dedicate her life to being an advocate for peace. She has made it her mission to use her experiences and her new body form to positive effect.

In 2007 Hicks founded the not for profit organisation M.A.D. for Peace, a platform that connects people globally and encourages us to think of "Peace as a Verb," something that we have an individual responsibility to do every day.

In 2008 Hicks released her first book, One Unknown, named after the chilling label given to her as she arrived to hospital as an unidentified body. The book was shortlisted for the Mind Book of the Year Awards.

Since her return to Australia in 2012, Hicks has been recognised as South Australian, Australian of the Year 2015 and is Chair to the Innovation component for the Committee for Adelaide.

In 2013 Hicks welcomed her daughter, Amelie into the world. This, as she describes it, is her finest achievement and greatest acknowledgement of the brilliance and resilience of the human body.

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Gill Hicks: I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned

Gill Hicks: Prežila som teroristický útok. Na toto som prišla

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Príbeh Gill Hicksovej hovorí o súcite a ľudskosti povstávajúcich z popola chaosu a nenávisti. Obeť londýnskych bombových útokov zo 7.júla 2005 rozpráva svoj príbeh prežitia a o tom, čo sa pri snahe opäť dostať na nohy naučila.
- Survivor and activist
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace. Full bio

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I could never have imaginedpredstavoval
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Nikdy sa mi ani nesnívalo,
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that a 19-year-old-rok stará suicidesamovražda bomberbombardér
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že 19 ročný samovrah s bombou
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would actuallyvlastne teachvyučovať me a valuablecenný lessonlekcie.
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mi dá tak cennú lekciu do života.
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But he did.
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Ale dal.
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He taughtučil me to never presumePredpokladám, že anything
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Naučil ma, že o mne neznámych ľuďoch
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about anyoneniekto you don't know.
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nemôžem nikdy nič predpokladať.
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On a ThursdayŠtvrtok morningdopoludnia in JulyJúla 2005,
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V júli 2005, v to utorkové ráno
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the bomberbombardér and I, unknowinglynevedomky,
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som nič netušiaca nastúpila
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boardednastúpili the samerovnaký trainvlak carriagevozík
at the samerovnaký time,
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do toho istého vozňa metra,
ako bombový útočník,
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standingstojace, apparentlyzrejme, just feetchodidlá apartoddelene.
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muselo nás deliť len pár centimetrov.
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I didn't see him.
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Nevidela som ho.
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ActuallyVlastne, I didn't see anyoneniekto.
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Vlastne, nevidela som nikoho.
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You know not to look
at anyoneniekto on the TubeTrubice,
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V metre sa naučíte
nikoho si nevšímať,
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but I guesshádať he saw me.
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ale myslím, že on si ma všimol.
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I guesshádať he lookedpozrel at all of us,
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Myslím, že si obzrel nás všetkých,
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as his handručné hoveredvznášal
over the detonationvýbuchu switchprepínač.
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vo chvíli keď vyťahoval rozbušku.
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I've oftenčasto wonderedzaujímalo: What was he thinkingpremýšľanie?
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Často som sa zamýšľala: Na čo myslel?
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EspeciallyNajmä in those finalfinálny secondssekundy.
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Hlavne v tých posledných sekundách.
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I know it wasn'tnebol personalosobné.
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Viem, že to nebolo osobné.
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He didn't setsada out to killzabiť
or maimmrzačia me, GillGill HicksHicks.
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Zabiť alebo zmrzačiť
nechcel mňa, Gill Hicks.
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I mean -- he didn't know me.
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Vlastne... On nevedel, kto som.
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No.
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Nie.
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InsteadNamiesto toho, he gavedal me
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Namiesto toho mi však dal,
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an unwarrantedneoprávnené and an unwantednechcené labelštítok.
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neodvôdnenú a nechcenú nálepku.
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I had becomestať sa the enemynepriateľ.
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Stala som sa nepriateľom.
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To him, I was the "other,"
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Bola som medzi tými "druhými,"
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the "them," as opposedprotichodný to "us."
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"oni" ako protiklad "nás."
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The labelštítok "enemynepriateľ" allowedpovolený him
to dehumanizedehumanizovat us.
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Nálepka "nepriateľ" mu stačila na to,
aby nás zbavil ľudskosti.
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It allowedpovolený him to pushTAM that buttongombík.
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Aby stlačil ten gombík.
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And he wasn'tnebol selectiveselektívne.
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Nevyberal si.
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Twenty-sixDvadsať šesť preciousvzácny livesživoty were takenzaujatý
in my carriagevozík alonesám,
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Len v mojom vozni zomrelo
26 vzácnych životov,
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and I was almosttakmer one of them.
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a mne veľa nechýbalo.
02:20
In the time it takes to drawkresliť a breathdych,
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Vtedy sme len zalapali po dychu,
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we were plungedprepadla into a darknesstma so immensenesmierny
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a zrazu sme sa ocitli v tme tak hustej,
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that it was almosttakmer tangiblehmatateľný;
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že sa dala krájať.
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what I imaginepredstaviť si wadingbazénik
throughskrz tartar mightsila be like.
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Akoby sme sa brodili asvaltom.
02:35
We didn't know we were the enemynepriateľ.
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Nevedli sme, že sme nepriatelia.
02:38
We were just a bunchchumáč of commutersdochádzajúci
who, minutesminúty earlierskôr,
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Boli sme len hŕstka cestujúcich,
ktorí ešte pred pár minútami
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had followednasledoval the TubeTrubice etiquetteEtiketa:
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dodržiavali pravidla cestovania metrom:
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no directpriamy eyeočné contactkontakt,
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nepozerať priamo do očí,
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no talkingrozprávanie
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byť ticho
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and absolutelyabsolútne no conversationkonverzácia.
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a hlavne sa s nikým nerozprávať.
02:53
But in the liftingzdvíhanie of the darknesstma,
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Ale ako nás obklopovala temnota,
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we were reachingdosahujúci out.
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nahmatávali sme jeden druhého.
03:00
We were helpingpomáhajú eachkaždý other.
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Pomáhali sme si.
03:02
We were callingpovolania out our namesmená,
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Vykrikovali sme svoje mená,
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a little bittrocha like a rollrožok call,
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ako keď sa robí "prezenčka",
03:08
waitingčakania for responsesreakcie.
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čakali sme, kto sa ozve.
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"I'm GillGill. I'm here.
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"Ja som Gill. Tu som.
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I'm alivenažive.
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Živá.
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OK."
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V poriadku."
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"I'm GillGill.
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" Som Gill.
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Here.
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Tu.
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AliveAlive.
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Živá.
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OK."
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V poriadku."
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I didn't know AlisonAlison.
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Nevedela som, kto je Alison.
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But I listenedpočúvali for her check-inscheck-in
everykaždý fewmálo minutesminúty.
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Ale každých pár minút som počula,
ako sa nám hlási.
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I didn't know RichardRichard.
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Nevedela som, kto je Richard.
03:45
But it matteredzáležalo to me that he survivedprežil.
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Ale záležalo mi na tom, že prežil.
03:50
All I sharedzdieľaná with them
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Jediné, čo o mne vedeli,
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was my first namenázov.
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bolo moje krstné meno.
03:55
They didn't know
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Oni nevedeli,
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that I was a headhlava of a departmentoddelenie
at the DesignDizajn CouncilRada.
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že som vedúca oddelenia v Rade dizajnu.
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And here is my belovedmilovaný briefcaseAktovka,
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A tu je moja milovaná aktovka,
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alsotaktiež rescuedzachránený from that morningdopoludnia.
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tiež sa ho v to ráno podarilo zachrániť.
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They didn't know that I publishedpublikovaný
architecturearchitektúra and designdizajn journalsčasopisy,
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Oni nevedeli, že publikujem
v časopisoch o architektúre a dizajne,
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that I was a FellowFellow
of the RoyalRoyal SocietySpoločnosť of ArtsUmenie,
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že som Člen Kráľovskej spoločnosti umenia,
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that I worenosil blackčierna --
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že nosím čiernu,
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still do --
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ešte stále...
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that I smokedúdené cigarilloscigarily.
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Že som fajčila mini cigary.
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I don't smokedym cigarilloscigarily anymore.
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Mini cigary už nefajčím.
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I drankpili gingin and I watchedsledoval TEDTED TalksRozhovory,
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Že som zvykla piť gin a pozerať TED talky,
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of coursekurz, never dreamingsnívanie
that one day I would be standingstojace,
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samozrejme, nikdy by som neverila,
že jedného dňa,
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balancingvyvažovanie on prostheticprotetické legsnohy,
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sa tu budem pred vami kolísať
na umelých nohách
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givingdávať a talk.
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a hovoriť.
04:42
I was a youngmladý AustralianAustrálsky womanžena
doing extraordinaryneobyčajný things in LondonLondýn.
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Bola som mladá Austrálčanka,
ktorá v Londýne robila výnimočné veci.
04:48
And I wasn'tnebol readypripravený for that all to endkoniec.
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A nebola som pripravená
o to všetko prísť.
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I was so determinedstanovené to surviveprežiť
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Moje odhodlanie prežiť bolo tak veľké,
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that I used my scarfŠatka to tierozhodujuca tourniquetsTurnikety
around the topstopy of my legsnohy,
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že som si zo šálu urobila škrtidlo
a obmotala som si ním nohy,
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and I just shutzavrieť everything
and everyonekaždý out,
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vypustila som z hlavy všetko naokolo
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to focusohnisko, to listen to myselfja sám,
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a započúvala som sa do svojho vnútra
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to be guidedso sprievodcom by instinctinštinkt alonesám.
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nechala som sa viesť len inštinktom.
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I loweredznížená my breathingdýchanie raterýchlosť.
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Začala som dýchať pomalšie.
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I elevatedvznešený my thighsstehná.
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Zdvihla som stehná.
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I helddržaný myselfja sám uprightvzpriamený
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Vzpriamila som sa
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and I foughtbojoval the urgenaliehať to closeZavrieť my eyesoči.
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a zo všetkých síl som sa snažila
zostať pri vedomí.
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I helddržaný on for almosttakmer an hourhodina,
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Takto som bola asi hodinu,
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an hourhodina to contemplatezamýšľať
the wholecelý of my life
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hodinu som premýšľala
nad celým svojim životom
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up untilkým this pointbod.
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až do toho momentu.
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PerhapsSnáď I should have donehotový more.
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Možno som mohla urobiť viac.
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PerhapsSnáď I could have
livedžíl more, seenvidieť more.
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Možno som toho mohla prežiť viac,
vidieť viac.
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Maybe I should have gonepreč runningbezat,
dancingtanec, takenzaujatý up yogaJóga.
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Možno som mala chodiť behať, tancovať,
začať s jógou.
05:52
But my prioritypriorita and my focusohnisko
was always my work.
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Ale pre mňa
bola vždy na prvom mieste moja práca.
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I livedžíl to work.
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Žila som pre prácu.
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Who I was on my businessobchodné cardkarta
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To, čo som mala na vizitke
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matteredzáležalo to me.
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pre mňa veľa znamenalo.
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But it didn't matterzáležitosť down in that tunneltunel.
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Ale dole, v tom tuneli to bolo jedno.
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By the time I feltplsť that first touchdotyk
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Kým som zacítila dotyk
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from one of my rescuersZáchranári,
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jedneho z mojich záchrancov,
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I was unableneschopný to speakhovoriť,
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som sa nezmohla ani na slovo,
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unableneschopný to say even
a smallmalý wordslovo, like "GillGill."
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ani na jediné, ako "Gill."
06:27
I surrenderedvzdal my bodytelo to them.
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Len som im odovdzala svoje telo.
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I had donehotový all I possiblymožná could,
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Urobila som všetko,
čo som mohla,
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and now I was in theirich handsruky.
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a môj život bol vtedy už v ich rukách.
06:39
I understoodchápať
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Pochopila som,
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just who and what humanityľudskosť really is,
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čo vlastne naozaj znamená ľudskosť,
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when I first saw the IDID tagTag
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práve v momente,
keď som si všimla identifikačný štítok,
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that was givendaný to me
when I was admittedprijatý to hospitalnemocnica.
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ktorý mi dali pri príchode do nemocnice.
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And it readprečítať:
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Bolo tam napísané:
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"One unknownNeznámy estimatedodhadované femaleŽena."
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"jeden neznámy, pravdepodobne žena."
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One unknownNeznámy estimatedodhadované femaleŽena.
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Jeden neznámy, pravdepodobne žena.
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Those fourštyri wordsslová were my giftdarček.
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Tieto štyri slová boli pre mňa darom.
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What they told me very clearlyjasne
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Veľmi jasne som z nich pochopila,
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was that my life was saveduložený,
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že môj život bol zachránený,
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purelyiba because I was a humančlovek beingbytia.
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jednoducho len preto,
že som ľudská bytosť.
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DifferenceRozdiel of any kinddruh madevyrobený no differencerozdiel
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Nič na svete sa nedá prirovnať,
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to the extraordinaryneobyčajný lengthsdĺžky
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úžasnému nasadeniu záchranárov,
s tým, čo boli pripravení podstúpiť,
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to saveuložiť my life,
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aby mi zachránili život,
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to saveuložiť as manyveľa unknownsneznámych as they could,
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aby zachránili čo najviac neznámych,
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and puttinguvedenie theirich ownvlastný livesživoty at riskriskovať.
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aby riskovali svoje vlastné životy.
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To them, it didn't matterzáležitosť
if I was richbohatý or poorchudobný,
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Im nezáležalo na tom,
či som bohatá alebo chudobná,
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the colorfarba of my skinkoža,
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akú mám farbu pleti,
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whetherči I was maleMuž or femaleŽena,
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či som muž alebo žena,
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my sexualsexuálnej orientationOrientácia,
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na mojej sexuálnej orientácii,
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who I votedhlasoval for,
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koho som volila,
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whetherči I was educatedvzdelaný,
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či som vzdelaná,
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if I had a faithviera or no faithviera at all.
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či som aspoň trochu veriaca, alebo vôbec.
07:59
Nothing matteredzáležalo
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Nezáležalo na ničom inom,
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other than I was a preciousvzácny humančlovek life.
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než na tom, že som vzácny ľudský život.
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I see myselfja sám as a livingžijúci factskutočnosť.
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Samu seba vidím ako živý fakt.
08:12
I am proofdôkaz
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Som dôkazom,
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that unconditionalbezpodmienečná love and respectrešpekt
can not only saveuložiť,
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že bezpodmienečná láska a úcta
má moc nielen zachrániť,
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but it can transformpremeniť livesživoty.
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ale aj premieňať životy.
08:25
Here is a wonderfulbáječný imageobraz
of one of my rescuersZáchranári, AndyAndy, and I
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Tu je nádherná fotografia
s jedným z mojich záchrancov, s Andym,
08:29
takenzaujatý just last yearrok.
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to bolo minulý rok.
08:32
TenDesať yearsleta after the eventudalosť,
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Desať rokov po tej udalosti,
08:34
and here we are, armpaže in armpaže.
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a pozrite, v objatí.
08:39
ThroughoutV celej all the chaoschaos,
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Napriek všetkému tomu zmätku,
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my handručné was helddržaný tightlytesne.
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ma niekto pevne držal za ruku.
08:45
My facetvár was strokedhladil gentlyjemne.
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Niekto ma jemne hladkal po tvári.
08:49
What did I feel?
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Čo som cítila?
08:51
I feltplsť lovedMiloval.
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Že som milovaná.
08:53
What's shieldedtienené me from hatrednenávisť
and wantingchcú retributionodplata,
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To, čo ma uchránilo od nenávisti
a túžby po odplate,
08:58
what's givendaný me the courageodvaha to say:
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čo mi dalo odvahu povedať:
09:01
this endskonce with me
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"mnou to končí "
09:06
is love.
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je láska.
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I was lovedMiloval.
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Bola som milovaná.
09:13
I believe the potentialpotenciál
for widespreadrozšírený positivepozitívne changezmena
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Verím, že potenciál pre rozsiahlu
zmenu k lepšiemu
09:19
is absolutelyabsolútne enormousobrovský
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je naozaj obrovský
09:21
because I know what we're capableschopný of.
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lebo viem, čoho sme schopní.
09:24
I know the brilliancebrilancie of humanityľudskosť.
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Viem, že ľustvo môže zažiariť.
09:27
So this leaveslisty me with some
prettypekný bigveľký things to ponderzamyslenie
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To ma núti zamyslieť sa nad pár celkom
veľkými vecami
09:31
and some questionsotázky for us all to considerzvážiť:
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a otázkami, ktoré sa týkajú nás všetkých:
09:36
Is what unitesspája us not farďaleko greaterväčšia
than what can ever dividerozdeliť?
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Nie je to, čo nás spája väčšie,
než to, čo nás rozdeľuje?
09:43
Does it have to take
a tragedytragédie or a disasterkatastrofa
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Musí dôjsť k nešťastiu alebo pohrome
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for us to feel deeplyhlboko
connectedspojený as one speciesdruh,
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aby sme cítili to hlboké prepojenie,
ako jeden druh
09:52
as humančlovek beingsbytosti?
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ako ľudské bytosti?
09:55
And when will we embraceobjatie
the wisdommúdrosť of our eraéra
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Kedy uchopíme múdrosť našej doby,
10:01
to risestúpať abovevyššie merepúhy tolerancetolerancia
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aby prevýšila obyčajnú toleranciu
10:05
and movesťahovať to an acceptanceprijatie
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a naučila nás prijímať
10:08
for all who are only a labelštítok
untilkým we know them?
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všetkých, ktorí sú pre nás len nálepkou
pokiaľ ich nespoznáme?
10:15
Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
10:16
(ApplausePotlesk)
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(Potlesk)
Translated by Patrícia Proksová
Reviewed by Lenka Čudaiová

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gill Hicks - Survivor and activist
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace.

Why you should listen

Dr. Gill Hicks is considered to be one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist bombings on July 7, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee.

Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Hicks has lived in London since 1991, however in 2012 Hicks returned to Australia where she operates nationally and internationally through her not for profit M.A.D. for Peace network and her public speaking work.

Her unique and compelling projects and initiative's, aimed at both deterring anyone from following the path of violent extremism and building sustainable models for peace, draw upon Hicks's previous roles within the Arts.

An impressive career before the bombings included being at the helm of some of the UK's most prestigious and respected institutions -- including publishing director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine, Blueprint, director of the Dangerous Minds design consultancy and head curator at the Design Council. It wasn’t until after the bombings that Hicks decided to dedicate her life to being an advocate for peace. She has made it her mission to use her experiences and her new body form to positive effect.

In 2007 Hicks founded the not for profit organisation M.A.D. for Peace, a platform that connects people globally and encourages us to think of "Peace as a Verb," something that we have an individual responsibility to do every day.

In 2008 Hicks released her first book, One Unknown, named after the chilling label given to her as she arrived to hospital as an unidentified body. The book was shortlisted for the Mind Book of the Year Awards.

Since her return to Australia in 2012, Hicks has been recognised as South Australian, Australian of the Year 2015 and is Chair to the Innovation component for the Committee for Adelaide.

In 2013 Hicks welcomed her daughter, Amelie into the world. This, as she describes it, is her finest achievement and greatest acknowledgement of the brilliance and resilience of the human body.

More profile about the speaker
Gill Hicks | Speaker | TED.com

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