A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 9:00 a.m.
Speaker 1
Trench coat
Brass
Sweater
Speaker 2
Tablet
Uncle
Turkey
Speaker 3
Finger
Cinema
Xylophone
Speaker 4
Singer
Church
Cashier
Speaker 5
Shirt
Radio
Bakery
Speaker 6
Nose
Swimming pool
Factory
Speaker 7
Bikini
Girl
Vest
Round 2 - 10:30 a.m.
Speaker 1
redemption
Awareness
Strictness
Speaker 2
Frailty
Brutality
Defeat
Speaker 3
opportunity
Lie
Loneliness
Speaker 4
artistry
imagination
Dictatorship
Speaker 5
graciousness
Faith
knowledge
Speaker 6
impression
Reality
Sanity
Speaker 7
Elegance
Courage
Brilliance
Round 3 - 12:00 p.m.
Speaker 1
A wise person will always find a way. --African Proverb
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
Great wisdom can seem foolish. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 2
If you bow at all, bow low. --Chinese Proverb
Get out while the going (getting) is good.
All good things come to an end
Speaker 3
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. --African Proverb
The early bird catches the worm
The grass is always greener on the other side
Speaker 4
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love. --African Proverb
Food is the first priority of the people. --Chinese Proverb
Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Speaker 5
Different strokes for different folks.
There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. --Irish proverb
Each has his own task, and nobody is dispensable. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 6
There is truth in wine.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
Speaker 7
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A little impatience will spoil great plans. --Chinese Proverb
Shrouds have no pockets.
Final Round - 2:00 PM
Speaker 1
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. --Bob Marley
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. --Eleanor Roosevelt
“The dumber you are, the less aware you are… Most people don’t know. Most people don’t care. Most people don’t care to know." --— Adam Carolla
Speaker 2
"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in the case of conflict, the man before the dollar.” --— Abraham Lincoln
"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” --— Attributed to John Adams
You got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls --Treasure Planet
Speaker 3
There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus
“At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it.” --— Unknown
“I am not a politician. I am an ordinary citizen with a deep-seated belief that much of what troubles us has been brought about by politicians.” --— Ronald Reagan
Speaker 4
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. --John Quincy Adams
That's a pie-crust promise. Easily made, easily broken --Mary Poppins
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. --Stephen King
Speaker 5
You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is. --Andre Agassi
"That which is not just, is not law; and that which is not law, ought not to be obeyed." --— Algernon Sidney
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. --Jack Welch
Speaker 6
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. --Stephen Covey
There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. --Fuchan Yuan
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. --Pride and Prejudice
Speaker 7
“If you can find interesting ways to be clear, you're really onto something.” --— Steven Soderbergh
“Investing should be like watching paint dry or grass grow. If you want excitement … go to Las Vegas.” --— Nobel Prize economist Paul Samuelson
“Every time I judge someone else, I reveal an unhealed part of myself.” --— Anonymous