great speeches

great speeches

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

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Douglas Murray: What It Means to Choose Life

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The world is opening up to the fact that genius does not stem from individuals like us on stage, but rather genius emerges from the collective. We are all products of our context. We are all descendants of something and someone.

And I want to acknowledge my context, my immigrant parents, my father who fell in love with movies because he needed to

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Devon Frye • Director Daniel Kwan: "Genius Emerges From the Collective"

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Fred Rogers unforgetable Emmy Award Speech ever -1997

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"The Common Denominator of Success"

Albert E N Gray jamesclear.com

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“A Counterculture of Commitment” Speech

Pete Davis petedavis.substack.com

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"A Journey on the Information Highway"

Evan Williams jamesclear.com

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The Common Denominator of Success

The key to success lies in forming the habit of doing what failures don't like to do, backed by a strong purpose and practical, emotional goals.

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Zhang Yiming’s Last Speech: Part II

Zhang Yiming interconnect.substack.com

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2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth

1 Effortless is a myth

2 Belief in yourself has to be earned

3 Grit > Gift

4 Discipline is talent

5 Trust and loving the process is talent

6 You can do your best and still lose

7 Life is bigger than the court