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  An collectively, you,… all of you,… most of whom are I’m not even sure of drinking age,… ermm, you’ve created the best political organization in America and probably the best political organization you’ve seen in the last thirty, forty years. — Barack Obama, Speaking to his Campaign Staff

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  • J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination (Commencement speech at Harvard, 2008)
  • Barack Obama: White House Correspondents’ Dinner
  • Robert Sapolsky: The Uniqueness of Humans
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  • Seth MacFarlane: Harvard Class Day Speech
  • Jon Stewart: Commencement Address at The College of William & Mary
  • Randy Pausch: "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" (The Last Lecture)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr: I have a dream
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