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耶鲁大学毕业典礼中英文演讲稿
耶鲁大学毕业典礼中英文演讲稿
graduates of yale university, i apologize if you
have endured this type of prologue
before, but i want
you to do something
for me. please, take a ood look
around
you. look at the classmate on your left. look
at
the
classmate
on
your
right.
now,
consider
this:
five
years
from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from
now, odds are the person on your left
is going to be
a
loser.
the
person
on
your
right,
meanwhile,
will
also
be
a
loser.
and
you,
in
the
middle?
what
can
you
expect?
loser. loserhood.
loser cum laude.
“in
fact, as i look out before me today, i don’t
see a thousand hopes for a bright
tomorrow. i don’t
see
a
thousand
future
leaders
in
a
thousand
industries.
i see a thousand losers.
“you’re
upset.
that’s
understandable.
after
all,
how
can
i,
lawrence
‘larry’
ellison,
college
dropout,
have
the
audacity
to
spout
such
heresy
to
the
graduating
class
of
one
of
the
nation’s
most
prestigious
institutions?
i’ll tell you why. because i, lawrence
“larry” ellis
on, second
richest man on the planet,
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am a college
dropout, and you are not.
“because bill gates, richest man on the
planet
for
now,
anyway is
a
college
dropout,
and
you
are
not.
“because
paul
allen,
the
third
richest
man
on
the
planet,
dropped out of college, and you did not.
“and for good measure,
because michael dell, no.
9
on
the
list
and
moving
up
fast,
is
a
college
dropout,
and you, yet again, are not.
“hmm
.
.
.
you’re
very
upset.
that’s
understandable.
so
let
me
stroke
your
egos
for
a
moment
by pointing out, quite sincerely, that
your diplomas
were
not
attained
in
vain.
most
of
you,
i
imagine,
have
spent four to five years here, and in
many ways what
you’ve learned and
endured will serve you well in the
years
ahead.
you’ve
estab
lished
good
work
habits.
you’ve
established
a
network
of
people
that
will
help
you down the road. and
you’ve established what will
be
lifelong relationships with the word ‘therapy.’
all that of is good. for in truth, you
will need that
network. you will need
those strong work habits. you
will need
that therapy.
“you
will
need
them
because
you
didn’t
drop
out,
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and so you
will never be among the richest people in
the world. oh sure, you may, perhaps,
work your way up
to no. 10 or no. 11,
like steve ballmer. but then, i
don’t
have to tell you who he really works for, do i?
and for the record, he dropped out of
grad school. bit
of a late bloomer.
“finally,
i
realize
that
many
of
you,
and
hopefully
by
now
most
of
you,
are
wondering,
‘is
there
anything i
can do? is there
any hope for me at all?’
actually,
no.
it’s
too
late.
you’ve
absorbed
too
much,
think you know too
much. you’re not 19 anymore. you
have
a
builtin
cap,
and
i’m
not
referring
to
the
mortar
boards on your heads.
“hmm...
you’re
really
very
upset.
that’s
understandable. so
perhaps this would be a good time
to
bring up the silver lining. not for you, class of
‘00. you are a writeoff, so i’ll let
you slink off
to your pathetic
200,000ayear jobs, where your checks
will
be
signed
by
former
classmates
who
dropped
out
two
years ago.
“instead,
i
want
to
give
hope
to
any
underclassmen
here
today.
i
say
to
you,
and
i
can’t
stress
this
enough:
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