D. Elementary Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

Speaker 1

Pants
Bread
Casino

Speaker 2

Dress
Socks
Wallet

Speaker 3

Notebook
Aircraft
Sweater

Speaker 4

Cow
Guest
Oil

Speaker 5

Saxophone
Grains
Dolphin

Speaker 6

Taxi
Glasses
Cave

Speaker 7

Tablet
Shower
Xylophone

Round 2

Speaker 1

calmness
experience
excitement

Speaker 2

Communication
Laughter
loyalty

Speaker 3

Defeat
knowledge
Mercy

Speaker 4

Happiness
enhancement
forgiveness

Speaker 5

Unreality
Slavery
Sleep

Speaker 6

Goodness
Anger
Gossip

Speaker 7

Trust
consideration
Religion

Round 3

Speaker 1

There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don’t cast pearls before swine.
True love means what’s mine is yours. --African Proverb

Speaker 2

There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. --Irish proverb
A tree is known by its fruit.
Action speaks louder than words.

Speaker 3

Knowledge is power.
Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.
Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today. --African Proverb

Speaker 4

Cross the stream where it is the swallowest.
Money doesn’t grow on trees
If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 5

Even the lion, the king of the forest, protects himself against flies. --Ghanaian proverb
Empty bags can’t stand upright.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 6

No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree. --African Proverb
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito. --African Proverb
Variety is the spice of life.

Speaker 7

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. --Chinese Proverb
A watched pot never boils.
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.

Elim 1

Speaker 1

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. --Confucius
They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. --Aesop

Speaker 2

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. --Benjamin Franklin
“In every thing one must consider the end.” --— Jean De La Fontaine
I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. --Amy Tan

Speaker 3

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. --Howard Zinn
The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. --Barack Obama
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?

Speaker 4

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. --Benjamin Franklin
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. --Fred Rogers

Speaker 5

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. --Abigail Van Buren
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. --Arthur Ashe
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Speaker 6

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly. --Benjamin Franklin
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. --Arthur Conan Doyle
“Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.” --— Abraham Lincoln

Speaker 7

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” --— George Orwell
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. --Aeschylus
You are either part of the solution or part of the problem. --Eldridge Cleaver