B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 2
Speaker 1
Kindness
grace
RealitySpeaker 2
Success
Victory
FictionSpeaker 3
Opportunity
Customer service
sadnessSpeaker 4
Delay
Friendship
LawSpeaker 5
Self-control
Justice
GoalSpeaker 6
Power
Fear
FreedomSpeaker 7
Awareness
Curiosity
sympathy
Elim 1
Speaker 1
A true Friend is the best Possession. --Benjamin Franklin
“You have enemies? Good...That means at some point in your life you stood for something." --— Winston Churchill
“If you spend your life walking through somebody else's museum, you never find out whether you’re Rembrandt or not.” --— Adam CarollaSpeaker 2
No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat. --Dorothy Height
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. --Aeschylus
You don’t know what you can miss before you try. --Franklin PierceSpeaker 3
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. --Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
“When we die, all our secrets are loosed [...] all that’s left of us is stories.” --— Tim Kreider
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway. --John WayneSpeaker 4
Though she be but little, she is fierce. --William Shakespeare
There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. --Anwar Sadat
I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them. --Diana RossSpeaker 5
"I find Los Angeles a very difficult and potentially dangerous place to work in, and I think anyone seriously contemplating a career in screenwriting ought to move there as soon as humanly or financially possible.” --— William Goldman
It’s important to always look where you’re headed rather than where you were
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” --— George OrwellSpeaker 6
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. --Maya Angelou
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. --Aldous HuxleySpeaker 7
Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. --Kobe Bryant
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. --George Washington
I just can't wait for the future. --Amanda Seyfried
Elim 2
Speaker 1
There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. --Aldous Huxley
Be independent of the good opinion of other people. --Maslow
"At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous." --— Ernst LubitschSpeaker 2
"Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.” --— Noam Chomsky
If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same… yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, --Rudyard Kipling
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history, or nothing happens. --Coretta Scott KingSpeaker 3
If you’re able to protest, protest. If you’re able to volunteer, volunteer. --Ad-Rock
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description… You have to create it for yourself. --Hillary Clinton
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.Speaker 4
"You gotta be good. You gotta be strong. You gotta be 2,000 places at once.” --— Tim Delaughter
“Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.” --— Frank Ocean
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog. --Dwight D. EisenhowerSpeaker 5
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. --Abraham Lincoln
It’s not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it. --John Wooden
"If you're going to be a tourist, be a respectful one." --— Ben FoldsSpeaker 6
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. --Lewis Carroll
Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.
"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” --— Robert FrostSpeaker 7
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. --Aristotle
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. --Alexis de Tocqueville
Round 3
Speaker 1
A roaring lion kills no game. --African Proverb
Appearances can be deceptive
Jack of all trades, master of none.Speaker 2
Don’t judge a book by its cover
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.Speaker 3
Strict teachers produce fine students. --Chinese Proverb
Once bitten twice shy
It is easy to open a store - the hard part is keeping it open. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 4
Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth.
Eagles don’t catch flies.
Anger and madness are brothers. --African proverbSpeaker 5
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt. --African Proverb
Long absent, soon forgotten.
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.Speaker 6
Walk the walk, talk the talk.
What goes around comes around
All lay loads on a willing horse.Speaker 7
As you sow, so you shall reap.
There are more ways than one to skin a cat.
If you want to avoid being cheated, ask for prices at three different stores. --Chinese Proverb
Round 1
Speaker 1
Razor
Lamb
ZooSpeaker 2
Pipe
Village
DentistSpeaker 3
Wheelchair
Cabin
KeyboardSpeaker 4
Pants
Blouse
Trench coatSpeaker 5
Bow
Saxophone
SoupSpeaker 6
Casino
Sweater
EstateSpeaker 7
Bag
Balloon
Woman