B. Junior Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:30
Speaker 1
"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life." – Gloda Meir
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." – Mao Zedong
"The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity." – Konrad Adenauer
Speaker 2
"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all." – Jawaharlal Nehru
"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." – Woodrow Wilson
"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out." – Ho Chi Min
Speaker 3
"A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten." – Mustafa Atakurk
"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." – Herbert Hoover
"In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." – Dwight D Eisenhower
Speaker 4
"The truth is that men are tired of liberty." – Benito Mussolini
"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners." – Vladimir Lenin
"History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided." – Konrad Adenauer
Speaker 5
"I never lose. I either win or learn." – Nelson Mandela
"Difficulties attract a man of character, for they are like a fruitful soil." – Charles DeGaulle
"Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour." – Fidel Castro
Speaker 6
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." - Ghandi
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." – Teddy Roosevelt
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t." – Margaret Thatcher
Speaker 7
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." FDR
"To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared." - Churchill
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." - JFK
Round 2 - 2:00
Speaker 1
"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." - Charlie Chaplin
"Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life." - Marlon Brando
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!" - Audrey Hepburn
Speaker 2
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." - Katharine Hepburn
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind." - Humphrey Bogart
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." - Marilyn Monroe
Speaker 3
"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results." - James Dean
"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead." - Bette Davis
"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." - Ingrid Bergman
Speaker 4
"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get." - Spencer Tracy
"I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is a world of difference." - Greta Garbo
"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell." - Joan Crawford
Speaker 5
"It’s not the having, it’s the getting." - Elizabeth Taylor
"A man with no enemies is a man with no character." - Paul Newman
"Life is too short to work so hard." - Vivien Leigh
Speaker 6
"Tough times don’t last, tough people do." - Gregory Peck
"Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life." - Rita Hayworth
"All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved." - Laurence Olivi
Final Rd - 5:15
Speaker 1
"We were on a break!" – Ross on Friends
"If I die, turn my tweets into a book." – Gina Linetti On Brooklyn Nine-Nine
"It’s time to heal your inner child. Unless you’re an adult, in which case, grow up." – Janitor on Scrubs
Speaker 2
"I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious." – Michael Scott on The Office
"It’s not a lie if you believe it." – George on Seinfeld
"You can’t make a half commitment. You’re either in or you’re out." – Dr. Cox on Scrubs
Speaker 3
"Welcome to the real world! It sucks. You’re gonna love it." – Monica on Friends
"Whenever I’m sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead." – Barney Stinson on How I met Your Mother
"The most amazing things can happen if you just lower your expectations." – Gloria on Modern Family
Speaker 4
"I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had." – Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation
"I’m sort of like Costco. I’m big, I’m not fancy, and I dare you to not like me." – Cameron Tucker on Modern Family
Speaker 5
"Sometimes I start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way." – Michael Scott on The Office
"Nothing good happens after 2 a.m." – Ted Mosby on How I met Your Mother
"Science is my most favorite subject, especially the Old Testament." – Tracy Jordan On 30 Rock
Speaker 6
"I have no idea what I’m doing, but I know I’m doing it really, really well." – Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation
"I’m not saying you’re stupid. I’m just saying you have bad luck when it comes to thinking." – Robin on How I met Your Mother
"Never go with a hippie to a second location." – Jack Donaghy On 30 Rock
Speaker 7
"Sarge, with all due respect, I am gonna completely ignore everything you just said." – Jake Peralta On Brooklyn Nine-Nine
"Live every week like it’s Shark Week." – Tracy Jordan On 30 Rock
"I’m not superstitious, but if it gets me out of work, I’ll believe in anything." – J.D. on Scrubs