B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1B - 9:15

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    If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. | African Proverb

    Fall seven times, stand up eight. | Japanese Proverb

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    Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. | Swedish Proverb

    Words should be weighed, not counted. | Yiddish Proverb

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    If you can’t live longer, live deeper. | Italian Proverb

    Where love reigns, the impossible may be attained. | Indian Proverb

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    A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. | Kenyan Proverb

    He who does not travel, does not know the value of men. | Moorish Proverb

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    The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. | Zulu Proverb

    Change yourself and fortune will change. | Portuguese Proverb

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    Who begins too much accomplishes little. | German Proverb

    There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. | Russian Proverb

Round 2B - 1:30

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    Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It’s you who can change the world.

     --Malala Yousafzai

    Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak. Sometimes you’re just strong enough to let go.

    --Taylor Swift

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    If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

    --Grace Hopper

    Women are the real architects of Society.  –Harriet Beecher Stowe

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    If You want your life to be fulfilling, you have to believe in yourself. Put yourself out there and be thrilling, never be someone else.    –Julie Herbert

    The secret of getting ahead is getting started.   –Sally Berger

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    A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.  –Sonia Sotomayor

    Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.  –Jodie Foster

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    The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don’t have, the happier you will be.   –Amy Poehler

    Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.   –Ruth Gordon

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    The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.  –Barbara Corcoran

    Beware of monotony: it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.   –Edith Wharton

IMP, POE, ADS, INF 4:30

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    A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.     –Rosalynn Carter

    Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.    –Winston Churchill