- Criminal Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Commencement Quotes
Quotes marking every kind of commencement.
This Law quotes collection covers formal beginnings, from the presumption of innocence before any investigation commences to a graduation surprise for a best friend.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Flew
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left eagerly, and returned rarely.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite commencement addresses are the ones that get real and don't make too many promises.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and delicate task of setting in complete and successful operation a political body based upon principles so hazardously asserted and so gloriously maintained.
- Ceremony
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- Nov 07, 2020
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.
- Embark
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time Clinton graduated from Yale Law School, many people, including her boyfriend Bill, believed she could, and should, embark on a political career. She'd given the Wellesley commencement speech that had earned her a 'Life' write-up of her own.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those were broken by a lot of women who came before us. You can be anyone you want to be. You can do anything you want to do.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the commencement of 1830, I had been living with Mr. Joseph Travis, who was to me a kind master and placed the greatest confidence in me; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment of me.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
- Event
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- Nov 07, 2020
The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
- Brand New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry into the flows of existence can be seen as a beginning, a commencement of a brand new way of seeing oneself in the world. This is the case for everyone.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been invited to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Speaking live on television is one thing... speaking to 30,000 people in a football stadium is another.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by some of my fellow liberals to silence commencement speakers with whom they might disagree on some issues.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I decided that if the senior class at the University of Wisconsin wants me to come speak, I'll do whatever they ask me. I love that school.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020