B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 9:15am
Speaker 1
Round 1 Speaker 1:
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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. --Benjamin Franklin
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The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. --Bette Midler
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We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it. --Alice Walker
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Speaker 2
Round 1 Speaker 2:
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A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. --Bob Dylan
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. --Bill Gates
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Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. --Ronald Reagan
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Speaker 3
Round 1 Speaker 3:
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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. --Herber Hoover
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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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Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 4
Round 1 Speaker 4:
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. --Alexis de Tocqueville
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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. --Albert Einstein
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Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 5
Round 1 Speaker 5:
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Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. --Albert Einstein
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The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. --Andrew Carnegie
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Change is such hard work. --Billy Crystal
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Speaker 6
Round 1 Speaker 6:
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Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. --Alice Walker
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A friend to all is a friend to none. --Aristotle
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I think the first duty of society is justice. --Alexander Hamilton
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Round 2 -11:45am
Speaker 1
Round 2 Speaker 1:
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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous Huxley
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. --Abraham Lincoln
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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 2
Round 2 Speaker 2:
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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous Huxley
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Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. --Benjamin Franklin
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The secret to humor is surprise. --Aristotle
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Speaker 3
Round 2 Speaker 3:
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It’s easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn’t. --Martin Van Buren
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Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding. --Albert Einstein
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 4
Round 2 Speaker 4:
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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. --Andrew Johnson
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Change in all things is sweet. --Aristotle
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. --Ann Landers
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Speaker 5
Round 2 Speaker 5:
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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. --Abraham Lincoln
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The doors of wisdom are never shut. --Benjamin Franklin
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. --Aesop
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Speaker 6
Round 2 Speaker 6:
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Champions keep playing until they get it right. --Billie Jean King
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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed. --Benjamin Franklin
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives. --Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Finals - 3:30pm
Speaker 1
FINALS Speaker 1:
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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. --Alexander Hamilton
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Experience teaches only the teachable. --Aldous Huxley
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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 2
FINALS Speaker 2:
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Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger. --Herber Hoover
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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. --Benjamin Franklin
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For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future. --Barbara Jordan
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Speaker 3
FINALS Speaker 3:
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The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. --Albert Einstein
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. --James Madison
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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. --Alexis de Tocqueville
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Speaker 4
FINALS Speaker 4:
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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. --Albert Einstein
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes. --George Washington
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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 5
FINALS Speaker 5:
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. --Albert Einstein
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We are all geniuses up to the age of ten. --Aldous Huxley
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There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. --Benjamin Franklin
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Speaker 6
FINALS Speaker 6:
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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Albert Einstein
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. --Aristotle
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For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves. --Anne Heche
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