B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
11:30 AM - Round 1 B
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard.” - Malala Yousafzai
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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” - Frida Kahlo
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“Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.” -Marie Curie
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” - Serena Williams
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“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility.” - Michelle Obama
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.” - Jane Goodall
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“We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.” - Greta Thunberg
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“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.” - Junko Tabei
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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“Passion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing.” - Oprah Winfrey
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“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” - Georgia O’Keeffe
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“Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.” - Hilary Clinton
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” - Maya Angelou
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” - Sally Berger
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“It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.” - Byron Katie
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” -Ingrid Bergman
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“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” - Coco Chanel
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“Expect the unexpected, and whenever possible, be the unexpected.” - Lynda Berry
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3:30 PM - Round 2 B
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” - Rosa Parks
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“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” - Maya Angelou
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“We’re all water from different rivers, that’s why it’s so easy to meet.” - Yoko Ono
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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“Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.” - Michelle Obama
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." - Dr. Mae Jemison
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"Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us." - Susan L. Taylor
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"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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"Have a vision. Be demanding." - Colin Powell
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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” - Harriet Tubman
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“It’s not failure if you enjoyed the process.” - Oprah Winfrey
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“Tough times do not last, tough people do.” - Floyd Merriweather
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“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines.” - Shirley Chisholm
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“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.” - Angela Davis
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“Love comes more naturally to the human heart than it’s opposite.” - Nelson Mandela
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“One of the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.” - Oprah Winfrey
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“Raise a ruckus and make a change…you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself.” - Samuel Jackson
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6:30 PM - Finals B
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“Hope will never be silent.” - Harvey Milk
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“We are powerful because we have survived.” - Audre Lorde
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"Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do." - Brené Brown
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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"The richness, beauty and depths of love can only be fully experienced in a climate of complete openness, honesty and vulnerability." — Anthony Venn Brown
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“Let’s start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences." — Billie Jean King
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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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“We are all one — and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.” — Bayard Rustin
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"When you are doing something that is right, you just do it and take care.” - Alice Nkom
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"If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself." — Zanele Muholi
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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"I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand." — Greg Louganis
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“Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein
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“Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.” - Black Elk
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” - Louise Erdich
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“The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” - N. Scott Momaday
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“I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.” - Sacheen Littlefeather
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” - Tecumseh
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“You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.” - Cochise
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“I care not what people say of me so long as I do right.” - Running Eagle
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