These things really interested me.

And he's five years old.

He was the only survivor of his family,

Please continue eating the food in front of you, and let's appreciate this together.

You were probably still in kindergarten.

Feminism was the water I grew up in.

You know, how to have table manners at granny's Sunday party.

She was a prodigy from four or five years old. Word got around fast.

I managed to survive.

From their infancy they have been intended for each other.

When John was little, before bed,

That time, I saw, they failed in their infancy.

Did you know that God smiles when you be you?

They died when we were still small children.

Back in the '50s and '60s, when I was growing up,

Respect your mother and father.

When you were very young, you came down with scarlet fever.

I think that girl was pretty when she was younger.

I've been your sister's best friend since kindergarten. I used to sleep over at your house for, like, years.

In that initial reunion,

As a child, she was affectionate and pleasing, and fond of me.

When I was a little girl you told me

It looks like she's the anchor for this little domestic disaster.

Because you know, as a kid you're embarrassed and you're sensitive, and everyone knows you guys don't have money.

Americans train their whole lives to play spot the difference.

When I woke up this morning and started writing this speech, for some reason I remembered my childhood.

Dogs always bark at me since I was young

This is the dream... that I've had since I was a child.

When I look at you, Joan, I remember a little girl who believed in magic.

I had the privilege of growing up in a family which was dedicated to the ocean, dedicated to our family.

First, a little German, when I was very small, but, then, French, very steadily, from the age of 7 onwards.

We've grown up together since we were in kindergarten.

I don't believe that for a second. Life is clearly better now than it was when I was younger.

I was born and raised here in India, and I learned from an early age to be deeply suspicious of the aunties and uncles who would bend down, pat us on the head and then say to my parents with no problem at all,

Did this really happen?

RB

And this is my son.

But even more than that, it's the physical space.

I was born in India, and I moved with my family as a child to Indonesia.

(Laughter)

When I was a lad living in England, my mother raised me by herself.

And there was a lot of genuine excitement around it.

Since I was young

When John was little, he used to sleep with his hand under my chin.

I would be willing to bet that I'm the dumbest guy in the room because I couldn't get through school.