great speeches

a collection of wonderful speeches (many of them commencement speeches)

"Make Good Art" by Neil Gaiman

Gotta give credit to NYC Mayor Eric Adams for this phenomenal speech on Israel. It’s a few minutes that everyone should watch.

Eli Klein

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MLK vibes from nyc mayor in the wake of Hamas attack on Israel

"Seeking New Laws"

Richard Feynman jamesclear.com

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"Enough"

John C. Bogle jamesclear.com

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"This Is Water" by David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace jamesclear.com

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A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person

David Brooks theatlantic.com

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"Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love"

Bill Gurley jamesclear.com

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Love this speech by Bill Gurley - one of the common things across top professionals like Bob Dylan, Danny Meyer, etc was that they studied everything they could find about their field, they were masterful students first.

Zhang Yiming’s Last Speech: Part I

Kevin Xu interconnect.substack.com

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University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven

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