Speaker 1

Speaker 1: 

• “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday.” - Winnie the Pooh

• “Some of the worst racist tragedies in history have been perfectly legal.” -Kimberle Crenshaw

• “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” - W.C. Fields

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

• “I love myself when I am laughing… and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.” - Zora Neale Hurston

• “I have a new philosophy. I’m only going to dread one day at a time.” -Charles M. Shulz

• “Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” - Anonymous

Speaker 3

Speaker 3:

• “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” - Winnie the Pooh

• “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” - Louisa May Alcott

• I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” - Steven Wright

Speaker 4

Speaker 4:

• “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, ‘What about lunch?’” - Winnie the Pooh

• This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn’t seem to give an answer, we create one.” - Lorraine Hansberry

• “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” - Elbert Hubbard

Speaker 5

Speaker 5:

• “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine” - Eeyore

• “Our democracy cannot be left in the hands of those who would rather watch or participate in a train wreck than stop it.” - Kimberle Crenshaw

• “Reality continues to ruin my life” - Bill Watterson

Speaker 1

Impromptu, Round 2:

Speaker 1:

• “Such as I am, I am a precious gift.” - Zora Neale Hurston

• “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard’, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’. - Sydney J. Harris

• Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, spiritual and physical necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” - Earl Grollman

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

• “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” - Christopher Robin

• “Miracles surround us at every turn, if we but sharpen our perceptions to them.” - Willa Cather

• “When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his speech. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” - Will Rogers

Speaker 3

Speaker 3:

• “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freedom was another.” - Toni Morrison

• “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” - Isaac Asimov

• “No matter how long it’s been, there are times when it suddenly becomes harder to breathe.” - Anonymous

Speaker 4

Speaker 4:

• “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon freedom of my mind.” - Virginia Woolf

• “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson

• “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” - Rumi

Speaker 5

Speaker 5:

• “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.” - Charlotte Bronte

• “When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” - Cathay Guisewite

• “Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.” - Veronica Roth

Speaker 1

Speaker 1:

• “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” - Allen Saunders

• “We see things not as they are, but as we are.” - Anais Nin

• “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world” - Gandalf, The Hobbit

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

• “Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.” - George Gershwin

• “The only people who mind if you set boundaries are the ones who benefit from you having none.” - Anonymous

• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Speaker 3

Speaker 3:

• “Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance?” - Edgar Bergen

• “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” - Plato

• “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never be happy enough.” - Oprah Winfrey

Speaker 4

Speaker 4:

• “I always arrive late at the office but I make up for it by leaving early.” - Charles Lamb

• “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain

• “Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.” -Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Speaker 5

Speaker 5:

• “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison

• “I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don’t. Who cares?” - Amy Poehler

• “Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.” - Samuel Beckett

Speaker 6

Speaker 6:

• “I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.” - Joan Rivers

• “Right now, at the school lunch tables, is the first time I have ever though to myself ‘I hate laughter.” - Maude Apatow

• “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” - May Sarton

Speaker 7

Speaker 7:

• “Before you marry a person, you should make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are. “ - Will Ferrel

• “I don’t have a clue why I’m famous either. But I didn’t make myself famous. I’m not doing it; you’re doing it.” - Nicole Richie

• “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” - Rumi