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Once Upon a School
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers shares the story of a movement focused on the betterment of students in local public schools, and how this initiative resulted in the opening of several other centers with the same goal of engaging creatively with kids. He appeals to the audience to take part in this noble venture.
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Dave Eggers: Once Upon a School
February 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Dave Eggers shares the story of a movement focused on the betterment of students in local public schools, and how this initiative resulted in the opening of several other centers with the same goal of engaging creatively with kids. He appeals to the audience to take part in this noble venture.
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Nurturing Creativity
February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Elizabeth Gilbert lfts the audience into her mind's creativity on how creativity should be thought of to keep sanity.
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Alain de Botton: A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Alain de Botton's insights on success sheds light on the pros and cons of a meriticratic society.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)In this talk, Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells us about the danger of the Single story. She narrates how she got started in writing and the many experiences she's had with the African Single story. She emphasizes that stories contain power and that we need many stories to get a tue measure of wh...
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Isabel Allende: Tales of Passion
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)In this talk, author Isabel Allende tells us about women, the characters of her stories, and the those of the real world. She gives her own definition of Feminism and asks us to use our passion to change our current civilization.
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Amy Tan: On Creativity
February 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)In this introspective talk, Novelist Amy Tan tells us about Creativity. She defines in her own way what creativity is and the multitude of ways where we hear its muse. She describes her own creative process of which nothing is ever certain.
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John Grisham: Find a Voice
May 9, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)John Grisham compares life to writing a book where the writer's voice must be used to experience and tell the truth. It is always better to look for the voice in which to tell the story of one's life with.
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Barbara Kingsolver: How to be Hopeful
May 11, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Barbara Kingsolver inspires every graduate to always have hope despite all the pending disasters about to overcome their generation - for with hope, everything seems possible.
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C. S. Lewis: The Inner Ring
December 14, 1944 (over 79 years ago)C. S. Lewis, celebrated author of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters and numerous other works, delivered this speech as a memorial lecture at King's College, University of London. Here, he advises the students to be wary of a great human desire that insidiously turns life into a mad...
0 people like thisDavid Foster Wallace: This is Water
May 21, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)In an address to Kenyon College's Class of 2005, David Foster Wallace shares his understanding of what it means to learn how to think.
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