What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment.
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I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.
Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
When I give speeches at college, I don't tell stories, I talk about what it is to live your dreams and take the path less traveled.
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
Being very, very honest, I've watched more Bill Clinton speeches than stand-up specials. Steve Jobs commencements. They're just great orators. I love people who boldly share their point of view.
I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.
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