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1.4sThank you.
4.07sWhere am I gonna go next, what interesting adventure?
3.74sYou don't know. I'll have my award now.
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4.77sAnd now, reading a passage from his grand prize-winning short essay, Amazing Grace,
1.17stonight's guest of honor, Mr. Brian Griffin.
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3.34s"She was grace in name and in essence.
4.9s"To those she loved, she exuded strength, life, laughter and light.
2.17s"And, to me, also sorrow,
2.37s"for circumstance had bound her to my best friend,
3.74s"through whom we met in the warmth and serenity of her home.
7.94s"Nothing from the first day I saw her "and no one that has happened to me since "has ever been as frightening and as confusing,
5.71s"for no person I've ever known has ever done more "to make me feel more sure, more insecure,