great speeches

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

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“Failures of Kindness”

George Saunders jamesclear.com

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Douglas Murray: What It Means to Choose Life

thefp.com

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"2005 Stanford Commencement Address"

JamesClear.com jamesclear.com

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"A Journey on the Information Highway"

Evan Williams 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.

“A Counterculture of Commitment” Speech

Pete Davis petedavis.substack.com

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Commencement Address

No Author Listed harvardmagazine.com

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"The Anatomy of Trust"

Brene Brown jamesclear.com

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