C. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 10:00 am (central)

Speaker 1

“Art is about trying to find the good in people and making the world a more compassionate place.” 

- Keanu Reeves.

 

 “The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” 

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“Sometimes enemies are our best teachers, people can learn from their mistakes, destruction sometimes means rebirth.” 

- Keanu Reeves.

Speaker 2

“Grief changes shape but it never ends.” 

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“Multi-culture is the real culture of the world — a pure race doesn’t exist.” 

- Keanu Reeves.

 

 “When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it.”

- Keanu Reeves.

Speaker 3

“Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“Nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing, everything is simply transformed.”

- Keanu Reeves.

Speaker 4

“I don’t want to be a part of a world where being kind is a weakness.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“I was raised to treat people exactly how I would like to be treated by others. It’s called respect.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“How do I confront aging? With a wonder and a terror. Yeah, I’ll say that. Wonder and terror.”

- Keanu Reeves.

Speaker 5

 “I’m Mickey Mouse. They don’t know who’s inside the suit.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“It's fun to be hopelessly in love. It's dangerous, but it's fun.”

- Keanu Reeves.

Speaker 6

“Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want.”

- Keanu Reeves.

 

“I cried over beauty, I cried over pain, and the other time I cried because I felt nothing. I can’t help it. I’m just a cliché of myself.”

- Keanu Reeves.

Round 2 11:15 am (central)

Speaker 1

“I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“I'm left-handed: I can think and feel at the same time. My feminine side is very highly developed.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

Speaker 2

“It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“I didn't have much of a childhood, but that's O.K. I have a livelihood.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“It's nice to get feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

Speaker 3

“Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“I don't ever get to the point where anything is old hat.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

Speaker 4

“Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“Doing theater makes you feel like a real actor.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“​​I ain't afraid of germs, man. And I ain't afraid of getting sick.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

Speaker 5

“On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.”

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

Speaker 6

“It's important for a lot of young black males to value swagger over intelligence. Swagger is important, but intelligence must come before the swagger.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

“We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.” 

-Laurence Fishburne

 

 

C/B Finals 4:00 pm (central)

Speaker 1

“Human beings are a disease. A cancer of this planet.” 

- Agent Smith (The Matrix)

 

“Denial is the most predictable of all human responses” 

- The Architect (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity.” 

- Merovingian (The Matrix Revolutions)

 

 

Speaker 2

“I can only show you the door. You’re the one who has to walk through it.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix)

 

“Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.” 

- Merovingian (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“The purpose of life is to end.” 

- Agent Smith (The Matrix Revolutions)

 

 

Speaker 3

“What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix)

 

“Choice. The problem is, choice.” 

- Neo (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Everything that has a beginning has an end.”

- Agent Smith (The Matrix Revolutions)

 

Speaker 4

“Never send a human to do a machine’s job.” 

- Agent Smith (The Matrix)

 

“What do all men with power want? More power.” 

- The Oracle (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Nothing this weak is meant to survive.” 

- Bane (The Matrix Revolutions)

 

 

Speaker 5

“To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human.” 

- Mouse (The Matrix)

 

“Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.” 

- The Architect (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Not all seke to control, just as not all wish to be free.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix Resurrections)

 

Speaker 6

“The body cannot live without the mind.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix) 

 

“Denial is the most predictable of any human response.” 

- The Oracle (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Chasing you is like chasing a ghost.” 

- Agent Smith (The Matrix Revolutions)

 

 

Speaker 7

“Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix)

 

“We do only what we are meant to do.” 

- The Keymaker (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Did you know that hope and despair are nearly identical in code?” 

- The Analyst (The Matrix Resurrection)

 

 

Speaker 8

“There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” 

- Morpheus (The Matrix)

 

“If one fails, they all fail.” 

- The Keymaker (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

“Choice is an illusion.” 

- Bugs (The Matrix Resurrections)