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All the speeches as they were. Original texts of the speeches. In English

Tom Hanks: Fear will get the worst of the best of us (2011)

I know many of you were convinced last night at about six o’clock local time the world was going to come to an end. Just because it hasn’t doesn’t mean that it’s not nearby because my appearing today at Yale … Читать далее

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Gao Xingjian: The Case for Literature (2000)

I have no way of knowing whether it was fate that has pushed me onto this dais but as various lucky coincidences have created this opportunity I may as well call it fate. Putting aside discussion of the existence or … Читать далее

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Neil Gaiman University of the Arts Commencement Speech



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Atul Gawande: Anything is possible in people’s lives (2011)

Thank you, graduates and Ohio University, for this opportunity. I am a 1983 graduate of Athens High School. Which means, yes, you invited a townie to give your graduation address. I grew up here watching you, the students, come and … Читать далее

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Kurt Vonnegut: This is a long-delayed puberty ceremony (1998)

Hello. For those of you getting your first university degrees, I like your generation a lot, and I expect good things from you, and wish you well. This is a long-delayed puberty ceremony. You are at last officially full-grown men … Читать далее

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Atul Gawande: There is always a velluvial matrix to know about (2010)

Many of you have worked for four solid years—or five, or six, or nine—and we are here to declare that, as of today, you officially know enough stuff to be called a graduate of the Stanford School of Medicine. You … Читать далее

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Seth MacFarlane Harvard Commencement Speech

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David Foster Wallace Kenyon College commencement speech (full audio)

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Jon Stewart College of William & Mary Commencement Speech

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Stephen Colbert Northwestern University Commencement Speech

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