A. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1-8:45am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.”-Robert E. Lee

    2. “Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I invalidated your experience and was wrong for not recognizing the privilege I have-especially in the workplace.”-Terry Crews

     

  2. Speaker 2


    1. “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”-George S. Patton

    2. “All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I’m simply doing my duty, and there is nothing more Canadian than that.”- John Mulaney

     

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

    2. “People seldom do what they believe in.  They do what is convenient, then repent.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner…I should have handled it way different than that,” -Snoop Dogg

  4. Speaker 4


    1. “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” - George Santayana 

    2. “Take care of all your memories.  For you cannot relive them.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I want to say that I unequivocally reject the belief of the white lives matter movement or any propaganda that supports racism of any kind.”- Victoria Fuller

     

  5. Speaker 5


    1. “I know not what weapon World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” -Albert Einstein

    2. “Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re trying to be so quiet.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “If I didn’t annoy people, I probably wouldn’t have a job.” -Scheana Shay

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “God created war so that American can learn geography.”- Mark Twain

    2. “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I realize my words were insensitive and not at all appropriate for the situation our country and the world are in right now.”- Vanessa Hudgens

     

  7. Speaker 7


    1. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”- George Orwell

    2. “Chaos is a friend of mine.” -Bob Dylan

    3. “I thought I was infusing calm into the hysteria.  I can see now that I was projecting my own fears into an already fearful and traumatic situation.”- Evangeline Lilly

Round 2-10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “I’ll tell you one thing you can’t do: you can’t put your shoes on then your socks on.”-Flavor Flav

    2. “Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”-Bruce Lee

    3. “Every time you think the problem is ‘out there,’ that very thought is the problem.”-Stephen Covey

  2. Speaker 2


    1. “Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me.  I can’t remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.”-Flava Flav  

    2. “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives  by bending with the wind.”-Bruce Lee

    3. “You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.”-Stephen Covey

     

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “What I’m trying to do is put back into rap music what’s missing-which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.” -Flavor Flav

    2. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” -Bruce Lee

    3. “Effective leadership is putting first things first.  Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”-Stephen Covey

  4. Speaker 4


    1. “My chicken ain’t no joke.  I ain’t scared to go up against the Colonel, tastewise.” -Flavor Flav

    2. “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” -Bruce Lee

    3. “There are three constants in life…change, choice, and principles.”-Stephen Covey

  5. Speaker 5


    1. “If I’m not happy, I can’t make other people happy.”-Flavor Flav

    2. “Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”-Bruce Lee

    3. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” -Stephen Covey

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “I’m trying to grow.  I don’t want to stay on the same page-Flavor Flav

    2. “As much as possible, I’d like every role to be totally different from the one before.” -Richard Roundtree

    3. “Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.”-Stephen Covey

  7. Speaker 7


    1. “The hype man’s job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.”-Flavor Flav

    2. “If you do the same thing too often, it gets to be the only thing you can do.” - Richard Roundtree

    3. “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”-Stephen Covey

Finals-3:30

  1. Speaker 1


    1. “If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential.”-Ray Dalio

    2. “Follow your passion and life will reward you.” -Iroh

    3. “My mother told me to be a lady.  And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” -Ray Dalio

    2.  “Being different gives the world color.” -Nelsan Ellis

    3. “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  3. Speaker 3


    1. “Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.” -Ray Dalio

    2. “Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don’t address it. Until it happens to celebrities.”-Nelsan Ellis

    3. “I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

  4. Speaker 4


    1. “It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning.”-Ray Dalio

    2. “But no one told me that when you’re in the military, they own you.”-Nelsan Ellis

    3. “A gender line…helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  5. Speaker 5


    1. “Listening to uninformed people is worse than having no answers at all.” -Ray Dalio

    2. “I was quiet.  If I really wanted to say something, I would.  I just wasn’t interested in say anything.”-Nelsan Ellis

    3. “If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  6. Speaker 6


    1. “Pain+Reflection = Progress” -Ray Dalio

    2. “It’s hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.”-Nelsan Ellis

    3. “When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  7. Speaker 7


    1. “If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell other how it should be done.”-Ray Dalio

    2. “When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.”-Nelsan Ellis

    3. “I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg