The big men in the other boat crews 其它船上的大个子 would always make good natured fun of the tiny little flippers 总喜欢拿这些小个子的小脚蹼开玩笑 the munchkins put on their tiny little feet prior to every swim 每次游泳之前 他们都会
It was called Emerson 它叫爱默生 And I came here in May for a meeting 我五月来到这里 and it was told there was not much chance to get into the fall semester 学校告诉我 我没有秋季入学的机会 especially a migrate 特别是非本地人 Then I ju
I leaned something that day 那天 我得到了一些教训 and what I learned is if you are going to connect your business and your philanthropy 我认识到 如果你要将经营和慈善结合起来 you better make sure that is integrated deep into your
If you want to change the world 如果你想改变世界 sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first 有时你就需要像这样冒险 During the land warfare phase of training 在训练的陆战阶段 the students are flown out to San Cleme
Smarten up, hey, smarten up, hey, smarten up 聪明些 嘿 聪明些 嘿 聪明些 That was the cure for dyslexia 失读症就是这样治的 In fact, one day 实际上 有一天 the guy in my high school called my mom and he said 我的高中老师把我妈妈找来说 have yo
And I'll tell you I was sitting out here not so long ago, but life does go fast 我想说 我不久前也坐在这里 但时间过得太快 and I made an unusual decision, I was graduating on a Friday just like you are here and Monday
And while we could always call home and 而当我们打电话回家 talk through the ups and downs of our lives with our parents 对父母讲起生活中的起起落落时 the truth is they couldn't give us a lot more than that 他们除了爱 无法给我们更多
I didn't make it to many classes this year 我今年根本就没上什么课 You guys must have really tanked your finals 你们期末考试肯定是故意输给我的 Thank you for that 谢谢你们的好意 I'd also like to thank President Teresa Sullivan
And we're not that. We're more interesting than that 但我们不是这样 我们比这更复杂有趣 And the way that we go into the world 而我们进入这样一个世界 understanding is to have these contradictions in ourselves 需要理解我们自身内部的矛
So for those of you majoring in fortune telling go ahead and burn the midnight oil 对于那些主修算命的同学我鼓励你们继续开夜车 The rest of you: not so much As you can tell by now, I'm a major sleep evangelist 剩下的人就别这样做
Little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect-- and help, if necessary-- 接受过很少正规教育 但诚实和勤恳劳动 为家人提供食物 衣服 教育的
You might just hear something in that sermon that stays with you 你肯定会听到一些让你受益的训诫 If you're a Democrat, spend some time talking to a Republican 如果你是民主党人 花点时间同共和党人谈谈 And if you're a Republican,
And we're not that. We're more interesting than that 但我们不是这样 我们比这更复杂有趣 And the way that we go into the world 而我们进入这样一个世界 understanding is to have these contradictions in ourselves 需要理解我们自身内部的矛
I said, a year? 我说 一年？ I said, I'm a comedian, I cannot talk for a year? 我可是一个喜剧演员 你让我一年不说话？ So don't get discouraged. Think of that 记住 别气馁 想想这个 If you were a doctor, that would be your reside
It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats 地狱周的周三 你要划桨到泥滩 and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing cold 并在极度严寒的环境下生存15个小时 the howling wind and the incessan
Now I know this might sound odd 这听起来可能有些奇怪 but it's really a genetic flaw that makes us go into show business 但让我们进入脱口秀行当的确实是一种遗传缺陷 I mean, what normal people want to stand on the stage, have vege
And I was telling them, well, it's very simple, my mom went here 我回答说 很简单 因为我妈是那毕业的 My mom went to USC 我妈读的就是南加大 She started here in 1957 她1957年入学 Class of 1961, Joelle Benioff, stand up, right he
I just was in India and here in this room 我刚从印度回来 Oh my gee, and now I'm in 而现在我回到国内 Philadelphia hearing from Colin Powell the same message 在费城又听到科林·鲍威尔讲相同的理念 And I said to myself I think I'm
The pain of the circuses built inner strength and physical resiliency 痛苦的"马戏"培养了他们内心的强大和身体的韧性 Life is filled with circuses 生活中也充满了这种"马戏" You will fail. You will likely fail often 你
Thank you very much 非常感谢大家 Thank you 谢谢 Thank you, President Powers 谢谢鲍尔斯校长 Provost Fenves, Deans members of the faculty, family and friends 芬维斯教务长 各位主任 教职成员 家属和朋友 and most importantly, the class of 2
