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		One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Angela Duckworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Cronkite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ram Kapoor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Ostrow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		As a painter, taking photos is a form of shorthand - note-taking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wanda Koop 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		High school was difficult for me because I was in the thick of dealing with my depression and anxiety. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lili Reinhart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Louis Farrakhan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in Lewisville, there was like 2,200 people at the time. My mother and dad grew up there, went to the same high school I did. Back then, we didn't specialize in any sport. You played football, then basketball, then baseball and ran track. It was great. We had a high school rodeo team. Why I got interested, I don't know. My uncle had a farm. Used to ride calves and horses. It was just kind of natural. Anybody that could ride, entered the rodeos. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Garrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Angela Duckworth