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Trust that inner voice. Because more than ever we need people to be guided by their own senses of principle — and not the whims of a culture that prizes ambition, and sensationalism, and celebrity, and vulgarity, and doing whatever it takes to win.

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Ronan Farrow

Loyola Marymount University Commencement 2018, 2018

12:17

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In his closing appeal to the graduates, Farrow called for a generation guided by internal moral compasses rather than external rewards. He had just described a culture that systematically encourages taking the easy way out — one that tips the scales toward getting paid rather than protesting, killing the story rather than poking the bear, and where immoral behavior is often rewarded. His hope was simple but ambitious: if enough people listen to that inner voice and refuse to make the same compromises as previous generations, then doing the right thing won't seem as rare, as hard, or as special. He delivered the final line — 'No pressure or anything' — with the dry humor that threaded through the entire speech.

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