A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Trousers
Smoke
TeacherSpeaker 2
Ginger
Mother
Washing machineSpeaker 3
Vase
Bitterness
WomanSpeaker 4
Heart
Swan
BatSpeaker 5
Scale
Petrol station
AppleSpeaker 6
Fruit
Grandfather
VehicleSpeaker 7
Galaxy
Horse
Desktop
Round 2 - 11:15am
Speaker 1
Adoration
information
MovementSpeaker 2
Dedication
Riches
AdvantageSpeaker 3
Talent
Ability
AnnoyanceSpeaker 4
redemption
Worry
sadnessSpeaker 5
Hurt
jealousy
enhancementSpeaker 6
Disturbance
Life
SolitudeSpeaker 7
Sleep
Apprehension
Anger
Round 3
Speaker 1
Beauty is only skin deep.
Better to be poor and healthy than rich and sick.
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 2
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet. --Ethiopian proverb
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.Speaker 3
The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones.
A thing begun is half done.
Kings have long arms.Speaker 4
Clothes do not make a man.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
You can’t always get what you wantSpeaker 5
Hard words break no bones.
Willful waste makes woeful want.
Two heads are better than oneSpeaker 6
Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills. --Chinese Proverb
You have little power over what’s not yours.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.Speaker 7
Tenacity and adversity are old foes. --Chinese Proverb
A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
Finals - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” --— Jean de La Fontaine
Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 2
It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect. --Fred RogersSpeaker 3
You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill. --John Taylor Gatto
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. --Alice Walker
"No feeling is final.” --— Rainer Maria RilkeSpeaker 4
In every fairy tale, there is a kernel of truth. --Geralt of Rivia
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. --Andy Warhol
Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.Speaker 5
As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. --John Green (The Fault in Our Stars)
Tell the children the truth. --Bob Marley
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. --Indira GandhiSpeaker 6
You want something done, you've got to do it yourself
“Everyone is the most important person in the world—at least to that one person." --— Ben Folds
That's how we're gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.Speaker 7
Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface --Moana
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. --Albert Einstein
Honesty pays, but it don’t seem to pay enough to suit a lot of people. --Kin Hubbard