When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get — it's who you become.
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Diana Nyad
Middlebury College Commencement 2014, 2014
If you're the kind of person who finds the most interesting thing in the world to you is something you don't know, you're probably in the right place.
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David Carr
UC Berkeley School of Journalism Commencement 2014, 2014
If you're the kind of person who is scared and courageous at the same time, you might end up doing big things.
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David Carr
UC Berkeley School of Journalism Commencement 2014, 2014
I have always had a half-baked philosophy that having a plan B can muddy up your plan A.
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Charlie Day
Merrimack College Commencement 2014, 2014
It's okay to not really know what you're doing, and just trust your gut. Make the best judgment you can. There's not going to be a syllabus assigned to you.
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Alexis Ohanian
Carthage College Commencement 2014, 2014
You're all here because you're good at not failing. This is the culmination of doing a great job at not failing. However, there are no GPAs after this. Failure is an option.
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Alexis Ohanian
Carthage College Commencement 2014, 2014
Passion is the key reason for choosing a career.
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James Patterson
University of Florida Commencement 2013, 2013
Your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.
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George Saunders
Syracuse University Convocation 2013, 2013
There is no success without failure. There is no success without multiple failures, I promise you that.
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James Carville
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Commencement 2013, 2013
This is not about you.
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Jimmy Iovine
University of Southern California Commencement 2013, 2013
Everything you know could already be wrong.
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Jimmy Iovine
University of Southern California Commencement 2013, 2013
You don't have to be smarter than the next person. All you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
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Jimmy Iovine
University of Southern California Commencement 2013, 2013