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Graham Moore, Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game, remarked that he thought it was "the most unfair thing that I think I've ever heard" that he was standing on the stage to accept the honor, and Alan Turing was not.
So Moore used his moment in the spotlight to convey this powerful story: "When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong. And now I'm standing here.
"And so, I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different or she doesn't fit in anywhere. Yes, you do. I promise you do. Stay weird, stay different, and then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along."
So Moore used his moment in the spotlight to convey this powerful story: "When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong. And now I'm standing here.
"And so, I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different or she doesn't fit in anywhere. Yes, you do. I promise you do. Stay weird, stay different, and then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along."
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