B. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts
11:45 Round 1: Pattern B
Speaker 1
“I shot an arrow into the air, and it stuck.” - Graffito in Los Angeles
“Your best shot at happiness, self-worth and personal satisfaction - the things that constitute real success - is not in earning as much as you can but in performing as well as you can something that you consider worthwhile.” - William Raspberry
“Shot through the heart And you're to blame Darlin', you give love a bad name.” – Bon Jovi
Speaker 2
“Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.”- Carlos A. Urbizo
“I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.” - Malala Yousafzai
“I am not throwing away my shot.” - Hamilton
Speaker 3
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” - Wayne Gretzky
“When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.” - Marv Levy
“One shot at love, one shot (one shot at love) That's all you get.” LL Cool J
Speaker 4
“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.” - Colin Powell
“Whenever the press quits abusing me I know I'm in the wrong pew. I don't mind it because when they throw bricks at me-I'm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw 'em back at 'em.” - Harry S Truman
“C’mon and hit me with your best shot. Fire awaaaaay!” Joan Jett
Speaker 5
“The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don't want to live in regret.” - Chloe Kim
“When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.” - Ernest Hemingway
“I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.” - Eric Clapton
Speaker 6
“Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.” - Johnny Miller
“I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.” - David Cameron
“Bang bang, that awful sound. Bang bang, my baby shot me down.” – Nancy Sinatra
Speaker 7
“You only get one shot in your life, and you might as well push yourself and try things.” - Jason Statham
“26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
“I poured you a love shot, shot And did I ask for too much?” - Beatrich
1:15 Round 2: Pattern B
Speaker 1
Nations don't have friends; they have interests. The best motivation for a state to act if it is remote from an epidemic is if its own security is at risk. Joanne Liu
A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. George Bernard Shaw
It's not a surprise that the mental health epidemic is affecting so many people because we can't escape this bubble from being on our phones and tablets. Ben Fogle
Speaker 2
History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond, to the epidemic. Seth Berkley
Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class. Cyril Ramaphosa
In spite of the advances of medicine, deathly epidemics are more menacing than ever before. Christian de Duve
Speaker 3
There is a crisis that is not political - an epidemic of loneliness, of sadness - and we're completely unequal to dealing with it. Richard Flanagan
One of the epidemics in our industry is the abuse of power. Nancy Dubuc
We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue. Sarah Brady
Speaker 4
If you want to deal with an epidemic - crime or health - the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first. Kamala Harris
The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic. Bill Gates
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic. Wallace Stevens
Speaker 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens are bullied and ostracized in epidemic proportions. It's disgusting, and it must change. Monica Raymund
Bullying is a national epidemic. Macklemore
Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to act now to preserve our natural environment and curb climate change. Johan Rockstrom
Speaker 6
There is, of course, no larger mass hysteria in American history than the epidemic of racism. Kevin Young
All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic. Ethel Waters
Where you criminalize people living with HIV or those at greatest risk, you fuel the epidemic. Shereen El Feki
Speaker 7
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. Carl Jung
We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease. Patrick Soon-Shiong
I think in today's society we are dealing with an epidemic of fatherless homes. We're turning everywhere else for people to be fathered. Andy Mineo
4:00 Finals: Pattern B
Speaker 1
“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” –Henry David Thoreau
“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” –John Wooden
I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there. -- Ali Banisadr
Speaker 2
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” –Irina Shayk
If you want to zoom down the expert slope tomorrow, you have to fall down the bunny slope today. -- Cynthia Lewis
Speaker 3
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” –John Muir
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” –Barbara Bush
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.-- David Bailey
Speaker 4
“I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work.” –Frank Lloyd Wright
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
When in doubt, zoom out. -Reggie Watts
Speaker 5
“Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” –Edward Abbey
“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” –John C. Maxwell
The best zoom lens is your legs. Ernst Haas
Speaker 6
“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” –Claude Monet
“My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” –Michael Imperioli
The closer you zoom in, most of us exhibit behaviour that is strange to someone from outside. Susanne Wuest
Speaker 7
“Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” –Walt Whitman
It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” –Peter Buffett
Fame is a four-letter word; and like tape or zoom or face or pain or life or love, what ultimately matters is what we do with it. Fred Rogers