B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 11:00AM
Speaker 1
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 1
“Wild tongues can't be tamed, they can only be cut out.”
- Gloria E. Anzaldua
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept”
- Angela Y. Davis
Speaker 2
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 2
“Nothing happens in the ‘real’ world unless it first happens in the images in our heads”
- Gloria E. Anzaldua
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them”
- James Baldwin
Speaker 3
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 3
“How do I stop eleven million people from buying the grape?”
- Dolores Huerta
“There has never been a sadness that can’t been cured by breakfast food.”
- Ron Swanson, Parks and Rec
Speaker 4
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 4
“Local issues have global ramifications”
- Angela Y. Davis
“Would I rather be feared of loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”
- Michael Scott, The Office
Speaker 5
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 5
“Just remember, every time you look up at the moon, I, too, will be looking at a moon. Not the same moon, obviously. That’s impossible.”
- Andy Dwyer, Parks and Rec
“Sometimes Ill start a sentence and I don’t even know where its going. I just hope I find it along the way.”
- Michael Scott, The Office
Speaker 6
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 6
“You don’t have to carry a sword to be powerful. Some leaders’ strength is inspiring others”.
- Ahsoka Tano, The Clone Wars
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
- Yogi Berra
Speaker 7
Round 1 Section 1: Speaker 7
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
- John Lennon
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Round 2 - 12:30PM
Speaker 1
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 1
“I rebel; therefore I exist.”
- Albert Camus
“We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.”
- Lady Gaga
Speaker 2
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 2
“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.”
- Taylor Swift
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
- Johnny Castle, Dirty Dancing
Speaker 3
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 3
“We'd only been gone for two days but somehow the town seemed different; smaller.”
- Gordie Lachance, Stand by Me
“It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.”
- José Saramago
Speaker 4
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 4
“The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.”
- Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Sometimes you gotta work a little so you can ball a lot.”
- Tom Haverford, Parks and Rec
Speaker 5
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 5
“What I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring really loudly at me.”
- Leslie Knope, Parks and Rec
“It must be really difficult to be normal.”
- Cass van Krah
Speaker 6
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 6
“We are not just tickling the dragon’s tail; we are timing a flyby through its open jaws while it is yawning.”
- Marko Kloos
“I think you’ve got several options. They’re all terrible…but you have them.”
- Chris Traeger, Parks and Rec
Speaker 7
Round 2 Section 1: Speaker 7
“Treat yo self.”
- Donna Meagle and Tom Haverford
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
- Benjamin Disraeli
Finals - 4:30PM
Speaker 1
Finals Speaker 1
“Can we have ONE conversation about feminism where MEN get to be in charge?”
- Kip Bunthart, Parks and Rec
“I totally hear you, but, erm, I also don’t like what you’re saying. So if you say no, I will start a fire in the bathroom.”
- Mona Lisa, Parks and Rec
Speaker 2
Finals Speaker 2
“I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.”
- Dave Chappelle
“I have a lot of stories about being a kid because it was the last time I was interesting.”
- John Mulaney
Speaker 3
Finals Speaker 3
“The further I get from things that I care about, the less I care about how much further away I get.”
- Robert Smith
“If only id thought of the right words, I wouldn’t be breaking apart all my pictures of you.”
- The Cure
Speaker 4
Finals Speaker 4
“Today, smoking is going to save lives.”
- Dwight Schrute, The Office
“I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to just tune myself out.”
- Kelly Kapoor, The Office
Speaker 5
Finals Speaker 5
“Don’t need permission, made my decision to test my limits.”
- Ariana Grande
“Your faithless love’s the only hoax I believe in.”
- Taylor Swift
Speaker 6
Finals Speaker 6
“It’s really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position where I have to talk to a great many people, but deep down, I’m happiest with animals.”
- The Crown
“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”
- Princess Diana
Speaker 7
Finals Speaker 7
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
- Stephen King
“I used to think you were the best thing that happened, but now I think you might maybe be the worst thing.”
- Silver Linings Playbook