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Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.
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Stephen Colbert

Northwestern University Commencement, 2011, 2011

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.
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Conan O'Brien

Dartmouth College Commencement 2011, 2011

Life is fluid. Sometimes when things don't work out, it's the greatest gift of all.
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Chris Waddell

Middlebury College Commencement 2011, 2011

Wealth and fame are an illusion. The only times I've been truly miserable is when I was lying to myself or to others.
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Glenn Beck

Liberty University Commencement 2010, 2010

The answers are not that hard. They just sometimes appear like a stick when they are actually a snake, or appear like a snake when they're actually a stick.
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Glenn Beck

Liberty University Commencement 2010, 2010

We are all Pinocchio. We go out into the world filled with good intentions, with a vision. We are pulled this way and that. We falter. We make mistakes. But the little flame inside, no matter what we go through, will not be extinguished.
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Patti Smith

Pratt Institute Commencement 2010, 2010

You can count on yourself. Your self is your best ally. You know who you are, even when sometimes it becomes a little blurry. Just go deeper.
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Patti Smith

Pratt Institute Commencement 2010, 2010

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
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Kirk Schneider

San Francisco State University Commencement 2010, 2010

Be fearless, but make sure it's thoughtful and mindful fearlessness.
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Julianna Margulies

Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2010, 2010

The kind of ideas she lives with. Think of it. Not what happens to her, not love affairs or good career breaks, but what she thinks about.
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Julia Keller

Dominican University Commencement 2010, 2010

You are about to experience the first taste of freedom in your life and that won't be freedom from your parents. You are about to be free from yourself, your old self, the self of your youth. You are, in many ways, about to be born.
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Porochista Khakpour

Desert Academy Commencement 2010, 2010

Through angers, losses, ambition, ignorance, ennui, what you are picks its way.
speech graduation self discovery

Porochista Khakpour

Desert Academy Commencement 2010, 2010