Dream big. Envision yourself. You can be a leader in your industry, or you can be the leader of a state. There is nothing stopping you.
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Kathy Hochul
Syracuse University Commencement 2021, 2021
Very few people realize what power sincerity carries. When that is lacking, power is lacking.
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Ava DuVernay
Compton College Commencement 2021, 2021
You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
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Ava DuVernay
Compton College Commencement 2021, 2021
Our nation is at its best when we realize that we all do better when we all do better.
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John Legend
Duke University Commencement 2021, 2021
My father spent the equivalent of a year's salary on my plane ticket to the US so I could attend Stanford. It was my first time ever on a plane.
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Sundar Pichai
Dear Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement, 2020
The challenges we face go well beyond a virus, and the old normal wasn't good enough.
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Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
You don't always need hope when everything's going fine. It's when things seem darkest. That's when you need it the most.
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Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
Don't fall for the easy cynicism that says, 'Nothing can change.' Or that there's only one way to bring about change.
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Barack Obama
Virtual Commencement Address 2020, 2020
If you've built a chaos factory, you can't dodge responsibility for the chaos.
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Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement, 2019
Your mentors may leave you prepared, but they can't leave you ready.
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Tim Cook
Stanford University Commencement, 2019
You cannot dream of becoming something you do not know about. You have to learn to dream big.
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Sonia Sotomayor
Manhattan College Commencement 2019, 2019
Education has a more important value than money. It is deeply important to our growth as people and as a community.
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Sonia Sotomayor
Manhattan College Commencement 2019, 2019