Students, faculty, family, friends, on this exciting day, I speak to optimism, laughter, and grins.

As I was gathering input for this graduation speech, several people suggested including a profound quote offering "encouraging advice to the young graduates", and then there were others who said, "eh don't worry about it, no one listens to those anyway." Fortunately, I was actually able to take from both suggestions and found a happy balance.

You see, I won't tell you today to: "Dare to dream" or "Find your own vision" or even to "Strive for excellence," or any trite cliché that's ever been said in a graduation speech. So this might not be your typical commencement. I have no list of "Do's and Don'ts" for you. I don't have any funny stories about politicians or teachers. I don't have any jokes, nor do I have any interesting quotes from real famous people. And so you may be wondering. Why?

Because there are only a few times in life where you can really have time to sit,......

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Title: Graduation Speech
Approximate Word Count: 831
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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