A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 4:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Professor
    Wallet
    Air

  2. Speaker 2


    Cravat
    Swimming pool
    Photographer

  3. Speaker 3


    Wings
    Candy
    Noodles

  4. Speaker 4


    Stove
    Girl
    Choker

  5. Speaker 5


    Panther
    Tomato
    Garlic

  6. Speaker 6


    Smile
    Vest
    Medicine

  7. Speaker 7


    Notebook
    Violin
    Head

Round 2 - 5:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Deceit
    Irritation
    energy

  2. Speaker 2


    Opinion
    Fear
    graciousness

  3. Speaker 3


    speculation
    Lie
    Pleasure

  4. Speaker 4


    Disquiet
    Delight
    Contentment

  5. Speaker 5


    humility
    idiosyncrasy
    Envy

  6. Speaker 6


    grace
    Awe
    Comfort

  7. Speaker 7


    Solitude
    wish
    Cleverness

Round 3 - 6:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito. --African Proverb
    Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    There are plenty of other fishes in the sea.

  2. Speaker 2


    A happy heart is better than a full purse.
    Family shames must not be spread abroad. --Chinese Proverb
    Silence is half consent.

  3. Speaker 3


    Do everything at the right time, and one day will seem like three. --Chinese Proverb
    Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
    Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop. --African Proverb

  4. Speaker 4


    It takes more than one cold day for a river to freeze a meter deep. --Chinese Proverb
    If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
    It’s easy to be wise after the event

  5. Speaker 5


    You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was. --Irish proverb
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
    As you sow, so you shall reap.

  6. Speaker 6


    Better little than too little. --Cameroonian proverb
    If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail?
    May you get all your wishes but one, so that you will always have something to strive for! --Irish proverb

  7. Speaker 7


    As distance tests a horse's strength, time reveals a person's character. --Chinese Proverb
    Hard words break no bones.
    With truth on your side, you can go anywhere; without truth, you can't take a tiny step. --Chinese Proverb

Finals - 8:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. --Henry Ford
    Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. --John Lennon
    Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' --Fred Rogers

  2. Speaker 2


    "Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” --— George Bernard Shaw
    The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. --Albert Einstein
    I'm not a regular mom. I'm a cool mom. --Mean Girls

  3. Speaker 3


    The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. --Bette Midler
    You can't really love someone else unless you really love yourself first. --Fred Rogers
    Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

  4. Speaker 4


    Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. --Alice Walker (The Color Purple)
    “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised ‘for the good of its victims' may be the most oppressive." --— C. S. Lewis
    Let each man exercise the art he knows. --Aristophanes

  5. Speaker 5


    “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” --— Mark Twain
    You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages. --Michelle Obama
    You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

  6. Speaker 6


    Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
    Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
    Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. --Maya Angelou

  7. Speaker 7


    When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. --Benjamin Franklin
    The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
    If your life changes, we can change the world, too.