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You leave this school as well-armed for battle as anyone is. Nobody really knows anything more than you do. Everyone is just making it up as they go along. Figure it out.

You will eventually use everything you've ever learned.

Hopes, dreams, and aspirations are evenly distributed throughout the entire world. But what is not is justice, opportunity, and working systems.

I have three words for you. Persistence, persistence... persistence.

Keep in mind what Victor Hugo said: 'Popularity is the crumbs of greatness.'

They didn't fail less. They rescued more.

The only failure is the failure to rescue something. The difference between triumph and defeat isn't about your willingness to take the risk — it's about mastery of rescue afterwards.

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.

Think about not waiting your turn. Instead, think about getting together with friends that you admire, people you envy. Think about not waiting for a company to call you up.

The world is run by those who show up, not those who wait to be asked.

Innovation comes from those who see things that others don't. Be persistent. Never give up.

It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting—not your grade point average.