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Don't buy society's definition of success. Because it's not working for anyone. It's not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not working for polar bears.

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Arianna Huffington

Smith College Commencement 2013, 2013

The Story Behind This Quote

In her closing, Huffington urged the graduates not to just break through glass ceilings in a broken system but to change the system at its root. She shared her mother's wisdom: 'Darling, change the channel. You are in control of the clicker. Don't replay the bad, scary movie.' She told them to find their place of wisdom and peace — quoting Archimedes, 'Give me a place to stand and I will move the world' — and from that place, remake the world according to their own definition of success.

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