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Marjorie Garber
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Time: 7 min. 12 sec.
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 Commencement Address
"Here is what John Bates, the voice of the common man, has to say [in Shakespeare's Henry V]: 'Be friends, you English fools, be friends: we have / French quarrels enow....' Forget for a second the historical specificity, the impending battle between the English and the French. What Bates the common soldier here counsels is that parties who disagree on political or social or other matters should come to agreement, resolving their internal difficulties in order to face a larger threat from without." [ Transcript] |
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Dr. David D. Ho
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Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
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 Commencement Address
"Always maintain a deep commitment to excellence. Stay in the forefront of your chosen field, and never permit the quality of your work to be compromised. Stay young at heart, but should you need to grow, do not suppress your individuality and insist on conformity. Continue to let imagination and creativity percolate throughout your lives." [ Transcript] |
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David McCullough
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Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
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 Commencement Address
"Read. Read for pleasure. Read for happiness. Read the works of the great poets, John Adams advised his young son, John Quincy. It was the boy's happiness that the father was thinking of. 'Read somewhat in the English poets every day,' he wrote. 'You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.'" [ Transcript] |
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Mark Morris
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Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
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 Commencement Address
"I was on a trip to Bali, where art, society, culture — everything is linked fabulously in this wonderful place. I came back, jetlagged, and was watching TV and there was this man I'd seen in Bali, who was on TV. In Balinese — I didn't understand it but it was subtitled — he said, 'Without art, people would not be normal.' And that is true." [ Transcript] |
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