A. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1-8:45am
Speaker 1
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“It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.”-Robert E. Lee
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“Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.” -Bob Dylan
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“I invalidated your experience and was wrong for not recognizing the privilege I have-especially in the workplace.”-Terry Crews
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Speaker 2
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“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”-George S. Patton
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“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” -Bob Dylan
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“I’m simply doing my duty, and there is nothing more Canadian than that.”- John Mulaney
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Speaker 3
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“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” -Norman Schwarzkopf
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“People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.” -Bob Dylan
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“I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner…I should have handled it way different than that,” -Snoop Dogg
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Speaker 4
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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” - George Santayana
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“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.” -Bob Dylan
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“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
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Speaker 5
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“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
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“Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re trying to be so quiet.” -Bob Dylan
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“If I didn’t annoy people, I probably wouldn’t have a job.” -Scheana Shay
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Speaker 6
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“God created war so that American can learn geography.”- Mark Twain
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“No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.” -Bob Dylan
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“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
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Speaker 7
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“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”- George Orwell
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“Chaos is a friend of mine.” -Bob Dylan
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“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
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Round 2-10:00am
Speaker 1
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“I’ll tell you one thing you can’t do: you can’t put your shoes on then your socks on.”-Flavor Flav
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“Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”-Bruce Lee
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“Every time you think the problem is ‘out there,’ that very thought is the problem.”-Stephen Covey
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Speaker 2
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“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
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“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”-Bruce Lee
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“You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.”-Stephen Covey
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Speaker 3
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“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
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“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” -Bruce Lee
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“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”-Stephen Covey
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Speaker 4
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“My chicken ain’t no joke. I ain’t scared to go up against the Colonel, tastewise.” -Flavor Flav
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“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” -Bruce Lee
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“There are three constants in life…change, choice, and principles.”-Stephen Covey
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Speaker 5
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“If I’m not happy, I can’t make other people happy.”-Flavor Flav
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“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”-Bruce Lee
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“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” -Stephen Covey
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Speaker 6
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“I’m trying to grow. I don’t want to stay on the same page-Flavor Flav
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“As much as possible, I’d like every role to be totally different from the one before.” -Richard Roundtree
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“Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.”-Stephen Covey
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Speaker 7
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“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
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“If you do the same thing too often, it gets to be the only thing you can do.” - Richard Roundtree
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“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”-Stephen Covey
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Finals-3:30
Speaker 1
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“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
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“Follow your passion and life will reward you.” -Iroh
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“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 2
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Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” -Ray Dalio
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“Being different gives the world color.” -Nelsan Ellis
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“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 3
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“Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.” -Ray Dalio
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“Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don’t address it. Until it happens to celebrities.”-Nelsan Ellis
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“I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 4
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“It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning.”-Ray Dalio
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“But no one told me that when you’re in the military, they own you.”-Nelsan Ellis
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“A gender line…helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 5
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“Listening to uninformed people is worse than having no answers at all.” -Ray Dalio
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“I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn’t interested in say anything.”-Nelsan Ellis
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“If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 6
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“Pain+Reflection = Progress” -Ray Dalio
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“It’s hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.”-Nelsan Ellis
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“When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Speaker 7
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“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell other how it should be done.”-Ray Dalio
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“When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.”-Nelsan Ellis
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“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
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