You can't do it alone. As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own.
Amy Poehler
Harvard University Class Day 2011, 2011
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Poehler pivots from her comedic opening to deliver the emotional core of her speech. After acknowledging that she doesn't have traditional advice for Harvard graduates — 'you know the world in a way that my generation never did' — she shares the single most important thing she's discovered as a person: you can't do it alone. She urges graduates to find a group of people who challenge and inspire them and spend a lot of time with them, because it will change their lives. No one in that audience got there by themselves — someone gave them strength, held them up, whether it was God, Allah, Buddha, or Gaga. This wasn't just a throwaway line. Poehler built her entire career on ensemble comedy, from the Upright Citizens Brigade to SNL to Parks and Recreation, and she's speaking from deep experience about what actually sustains a creative life.