B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 2
Speaker 1
submission
Confidence
FascinationSpeaker 2
Goodness
Disregard
OpinionSpeaker 3
energy
Skill
AbilitySpeaker 4
Artisty
Determination
IntelligenceSpeaker 5
consideration
Disappointment
PowerSpeaker 6
Wealth
Defeat
ToleranceSpeaker 7
thought
Awe
Brutality
Elim 1
Speaker 1
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. --Andrew Carnegie
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. --John F. Kennedy
Just Do ItSpeaker 2
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. --Abraham Lincoln
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. --Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheSpeaker 3
You are nothing. A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me. I am all the Sith. --Emperor Palpatine, The Rise of Skywalker
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. --Lao Tzu
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. --General George PattonSpeaker 4
You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. --George Clooney
"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” --— Pearl Strachan
That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the mostSpeaker 5
"There will be many fire alarms in your life, but few fires.” --— Adam Carolla
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. --Benjamin Franklin
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. --John F. KennedySpeaker 6
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. --African Proverb
Beauty and folly are old companions. --Benjamin Franklin
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. --Mahatma GandhiSpeaker 7
“Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager." --— John Taylor Gatto
A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep. --Tywin Lannister
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. --John Maxwell
Elim 2
Speaker 1
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. --Alexander Graham Bell
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 2
"The only way an artist can fail is to quit.” --— Thomas Hart Benton
"The language of film is universal.” --— Intro to Movies
"Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.” --— James Russell LowellSpeaker 3
"I've got a dream too. But it's about singing and dancing and making people happy. That's the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with.” --— Kermit the Frog
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” --— Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi” Atlantic Monthly
Sometimes you try your hardest, but things don't work out the way you want them to --Lilo & StitchSpeaker 4
Real men despise battle, but will never run from it. --George Washington
I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. --Malala Yousafzai
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” --— Albert EinsteinSpeaker 5
If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. --Alan Rickman
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. --Benjamin Franklin
Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 6
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? --Benjamin Disraeli
"I have only two passions: space exploration and hip-hop.” --— Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who is producing a single with rapper Snoop Dogg.
“It is difficulties that show what men are.” --— EpictetusSpeaker 7
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. --Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights)
“There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.” --— Friedrich Hayek
The wound is the place where the light enters you. --Rumi
Round 1
Speaker 1
Vest
Pad
StoveSpeaker 2
Earrings
Couch
AlligatorSpeaker 3
Mirror
Sink
SlippersSpeaker 4
School
Gown
PharmacySpeaker 5
Son
Country
SupermarketSpeaker 6
Bakery
Leggings
CheeseSpeaker 7
Vase
Plane
Church
Round 3
Speaker 1
Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs. --Chinese Proverb
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald. --Chinese Proverb
Having a good discussion is like having riches. --African ProverbSpeaker 2
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. --African Proverb
Repay good with good. --Chinese Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the brothSpeaker 3
If you pick up one end of the stick you also pick up the other. --Ethiopian proverb
If you carry the egg basket do not dance. --Ambede proverb
Rome wasn’t built in a daySpeaker 4
Every family has its problems. --Chinese Proverb
Facts beat eloquence. --Chinese Proverb
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.Speaker 5
Small is beautiful.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A rich man’s joke is always funny.Speaker 6
Even the best cooking pot will not produce food. --African proverb
The show must go on
Keep the general goal in sight while tackling daily tasks. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 7
Like people, like priest.
Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas. --Irish proverb
Measure twice, cut once.