C. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 12:30/ NFA 12:45
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause. – Padme Amidala (Star Wars)
When you show up as your authentic self, whatever that may be, you allow others to do the same. – Shanna Kattari
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.
Your perceived failure can become the catalyst for profound reinvention. – Conan O’Brien
We have to be visible. We are not ashamed of who we are – Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Activist
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
A pebble can support a barrel.
I wouldn't change anything about my career. I don't need my legacy to be anything. – Ian Poulter
Without justice, there can be no love. – bell hooks
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein
It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. – Ellen DeGeneres
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
The house of a tyrant is a ruin.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. – George Will
I said "Somebody should do something about that." Then I realized I am somebody. – Lily Tomlin
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.
If you work hard and you play well, all of those critics will quiet themselves pretty quickly. – Peyton Manning
When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do – RuPaul
Round 2 - 5:15 - NFA 5:30
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
You get thrown off balance out there. And I never recovered. Well, I haven’t recovered yet. - Rory McIlroy
Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. – Jimmy Carter
Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and you will be applauded every step of the way. – Kamala Harris
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. – Dolly Parton
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. – Martin Luther
It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. – Angela Davis
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
We are searching...not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. – Spock
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. – Dwight Eisenhower
Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct. – Paula Abdul
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. – George Carlin
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
Don’t ever think that just because you do things differently, you’re wrong. — Gail Tsukiyama
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come. – Ruth (Rhea Perlman)
Denial is gangrene. — Joy Kogawa, poet
Decide first what is authentic, then go after it with all your heart – Louise Erdrich, Chippewa Novelist
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life. – Captain Jean-Luc Picard
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber
I get angry about things and then go on and work – Toni Morrison
Round 3 - 5:30 / NFA 5:45
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety. – Goethe
If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think. – Kristen Wiig
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. – Aeschylus
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. ― Pablo Picasso
A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass. ― Sioux Proverb
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. – Theresa May
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
And if my heart be scarred and burned, the safer, I, for all I learned. ― Dorothy Parker
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. – Chinese Proverb
Giving up is the only sure way to fail. – Gena Showalter
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. - Dwight Eisenhower
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. – Euripedes
I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ― Taylor Swift
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Proverb
One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life. ― Joyce Meyer
Semis - 5:15
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
The more brilliant the lighting, the quicker it disappears. – Ibn Sina
What you feel versus what is real are usually two different things. ― Eddie Capparucci
You can tell whether a person is clever by their answers. You can tell whether a person is wise by their questions. – Naguib
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. – Humphrey Bogart
You're only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you're nothing. – Robin Williams
Competition in itself encourages creativity and creativity is the basis of knowledge. – Farouk El-Baz
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self. – Hisham Matar
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. - Mahatma Gandhi
In war, truth is the first casualty. - Aeschylus
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
One does not die from pain unless one chooses to. — Wakako Yamauchi, playwright
A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it. - Phil Mickelson
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. - Khalil Gibran
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
Amateurs seek the sun and get eaten. Power stays in the shadows. – Lewis Strauss, Oppenheimer
Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business. - Tommy Henrich
You have something in this world, so stand for it. – Ghassan Kanafani
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. – R. Buckminster Fuller
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows them? – Obi Wan Kenobi
Fear doesn’t prevent death. It prevents life. – Naguib Mahfouz
Finals - 8:00
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. ― Minquass Proverb
This worldly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you. – Ibn Quayyim Al-Jawziyya
Being fearless isn't being 100% not fearful; it's being terrified, but you jump anyway. ― Taylor Swift
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. ― Lumbee Proverb
I believe that everyone gets a few good breaks in their life. The lucky ones are those who recognize them and change their lives accordingly. – Mostafa A. El-Sayed
There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. – Hannah Gadsby
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ― Cherokee Proverb
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – Voltaire
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. – Coco Chanel
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
Make your bargain before beginning to plow. – Arabian Proverb
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you. – Lady Bird Johnson
Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain and still succeed. — Misty Copeland
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry. – African Proverb
To overcome my fear, I shackled myself with hope, its links heavier than any metal known to man. – Laila Lalami
I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent. – Angela Merkel
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. – Arabian Proverb
Those who cannot support themselves, cannot take their own decision. – Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ridicule may be a shield but it is not a weapon. – Dorothy Parker