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00:00To Esquire and Summit Publications, thank you so much for this affirmation you gave
00:11this Homer.
00:13I'm looking around and I realized there must be one of the oldest people in this room and
00:19to receive this award is just so overwhelming.
00:25Seven decades of my human existence, I started out as a teacher and then I became a writer,
00:31then I became a director, and now I find myself being the head of a government agency which
00:38is dedicated to the advancement of Philippine cinema.
00:42And I've always believed that every affirmation that you get such as this is actually a challenge,
00:49it's actually a way of proving to yourself that despite the years there is still validity
00:55in your human existence.
00:57So on my way entering this room somebody asked me, when do you think is man at his best?
01:05And I gave it some really serious thought and I came to a conclusion that you are at
01:10your best when you don't have to prove anything to anybody.
01:16You are at your best when you realize that it's not what you have but what you can give
01:23that really matters in your life.
01:25It is not what you possess but what you are willing to share that validates every year
01:32that God has given you.
01:34Thank you so much Esquire.