Desmond Tutu's advice on being a Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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"You just go on being idealistic."  Here's Desmond Tutu's advice on what it takes to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate...  The Archbishop and activist who helped end apartheid in South Africa has died at 90.

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00:00As I look around, I can see, I can see, I can see,

00:03yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:05Mmm.

00:07I can see Nobel Peace Laureates, eh, around here.

00:13What does it take to become a Peace Laureate?

00:26I said, oh, no, no, no, that's very simple, man.

00:29Very simple.

00:30It takes three things.

00:33You must have an easy name.

00:39Tutu, Tutu, Tutu.

00:41And you must have a large nose.

00:44And because we're in Bali, it was very warm,

00:48and I was wearing shorts.

00:49And I said, the third thing that you need

00:52is a pair of sexy legs.

00:55And, well, what was I saying?

00:59Nobel Laureates don't fall,

01:02don't fall ready-made from heaven.

01:08They are ordinary human beings.

01:11And so, and so, I look around and I see,

01:17I see, I see some fantastic things, man.

01:21I see you are people who are going to make this

01:25a beautiful world.

01:26How many wars have we started?

01:41They were not started by young people.

01:44And most of those who started the wars,

01:47ha, you think you'll find them on the front line?

01:50No, no, no, they are sitting comfortably at home

01:53and watching other people's children die.

01:57So, I come to you and say,

02:02hey, just go on being idealistic.

02:08Just go on dreaming that we are going to have

02:12a different kind of world than the one

02:15that we are leaving you.

02:18When we come back, when we come back,

02:23when we come back, I mean, we may be ghosts

02:26when we come back, but I mean, when we come back,

02:29when we come back and we look at what you have done,

02:33what will you be surprised?

02:35What will you see?

02:36A world, hey, there's no longer any poverty.

02:43There's no longer any hunger.

02:45There's no longer any war.

02:47Hey, hey, hey, you, you, you,

02:51you are going to make this a beautiful, beautiful world.

02:56You know what?

02:56As I look around, I can see, I can see,

02:59I can see, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:04I can see Nobel Peace Laureates around here.

03:09I can see Nobel Peace Laureates around here.

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