Listen to the Dissent in Yourself
倾听自己内心的异议 29
著名编剧乔斯?韦登在卫斯理大学2013年毕业典礼上的演讲
You have, which is a rare thing, the ability and the responsibility
to listen to the dissent in yourself, to at least give it the
floor, because it is the key not only to consciousness, but to real
growth.
你们具有罕见的能力和责任,去倾听你内心的异议。至少给它发言权。因为它不仅是意识的关键,也是真正成长的关键。
Keep Learning as You Go
且行且学习 39
著名演员朱莉?安德鲁斯在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校2013年毕业典礼上的演讲
Use your knowledge and your heart to stand up for those who can’t
stand. Speak for those who can’t speak. Be a beacon of light, for
those whose lives have become dark.
用你们的知识和爱心,支持那些无法站立的人。为那些无法言语的人辩护。为那些生活变得一片黑暗的人,做一座灯塔。
Take a While to Do Something Positive to the World
花点时间,做点对世人有用之事 51
著名喜剧演员史蒂夫?卡雷尔在普林斯顿大学2012年毕业典礼上的演讲
Every once in a while, put something positive into the world. Do
something kind, make somebody laugh, and don’t take yourself too
seriously.
每次都花点时间,做点对世人有用的事情。做点善事,让人笑一笑,别太死板。
I Feel So Important
我倍感受宠 61
著名演员简?林奇在史密斯学院2012年毕业典礼上的演讲
My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid, roll with those
changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the
ever changing, and ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever
found. “YES AND.”
我给大家的建议是:活在当下,顺应潮流,随机应变。生活就是一幕大型的即兴表演剧。用我领悟到的最佳生活规则,“没问题,请继续”,来拥抱这个不断变化、不断发展的世界。
When You Mess Up, You Still Have Time
弄砸也无妨,机会依然在 79
著名主持人亚当?萨维奇在萨拉劳伦斯学院2012年毕业典礼上的演讲
I’m sorry to tell you that you will hurt people that you love, and
that you will help people you detest. This is called being human,
and it happens to everyone, whether you like it or not. Nobody
escapes.
大家会伤害我们所爱的人,也会帮助我们所恨的人,很抱歉不得不这么说。这就是人性,人人都会如此,不论你喜欢与否,无人能够逃脱。
Will Things into Existence
依靠意志,梦想成真 89
著名主持人艾拉?格拉斯在戈切尔学院2012年毕业典礼上的演讲
You have to surround yourself with things that are interesting to
you and notice what is exciting to you and what you want to dive
into, and finding what you’re going to make your short story or
film or song or art project or movie about is a job.
你必须让自己置身于你感兴趣的环境,注意到让你兴奋的东西,以及你想要深入研究的东西,发现你想要创作的小说、影片、歌曲、艺术项目或电影所需要的想法,这就是一份工作。
Civility, Respect, Kindness, Character
文明待人,尊重他人,提倡仁爱,培养个性 99
知名编剧阿伦?索金在雪城大学2012年毕业典礼上的演讲
Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there
are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are
easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day.
Civility, respect, kindness, character.
永远也别忘了你是这个世界的公民,而且你可以做很多提升人类精神的事情,那些简单的事情,自由的事情,你可以每天做的事情。文明待人,尊重他人,提倡仁爱,培养个性。
Through Disappointment You Gain Clarity
失望使你思路清晰 113
著名脱口秀主持人柯南?奥布莱恩在达特茅斯学院2011年毕业典礼上的演讲
I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will
come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain
clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true
originality.
我告诉你们,无论你们惧怕与否,失望在所难免。好在失望能使你思路清晰,这便会有坚定的信念和真正的独创性。
You Cannot Do It Alone
你不可能单打独斗 121
著名喜剧演员埃米?波勒在哈佛大学2011年毕业典礼上的演讲
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot
of time with them, and it will change your life.
找到一个能挑战并激励你的群体,多跟他们在一起,这将会改变你的生活。
Stand on the Fulcrum of Fear and Faith
站在恐惧与信念的平衡点上 131
著名演员汤姆?汉克斯在耶鲁大学2011年毕业典礼上的演讲
Fear is whispered in our ears and shouted in our faces. Faith must
be fostered by the man or woman you see every day in the mirror.
The former forever snaps at our heels and our synapsis and delays
our course, the later could spur our boot heels to be wonderment,
stimulate our creativity, and continue to drive us forward.
恐惧在我们的耳边轻声细语,当着我们的面则是大喊大叫。信念必须由你每天在镜子里看到的自己来培养。前者永远在追咬我们的脚后跟和神经,延缓我们的进程;后者则可以鞭策我们创造奇迹,激发我们的创造力,并一直推动我们向前进。
Anything in This World Is Possible
一切皆有可能 147
著名喜剧演员吉米?廷格尔在哈佛大学2010年毕业典礼上的演讲
I believe very very strongly that is with the right amount of
physical, spiritual and intellectual help, almost anything in this
world is possible.
我坚信,只要在物质、精神、智力方面有合适的帮助,一切皆有可能。
Here’s to Always Learning More
要永远多学善思 155
著名演员朱莉安娜?马古利斯在萨拉劳伦斯学院2010年毕业典礼上的演讲
You have to remember you will more likely find that pot of gold if
you follow your passion, are driven to succeed, and open to
learning more as you go. Remember the guys you founded Google were
passionate about the search first—money came later.
你们记住:你们更有可能发现,秉承激情,才可驱向成功,视野也随之开拓。记住创建谷歌的那些家伙,首先最感兴趣的是搜索,接着才财源滚滚。
Be True to Yourself
真实面对自我 171
著名主持人艾伦?德杰尼勒斯在杜兰大学2009年毕业典礼上的演讲
The most important thing in your life is to live your life with
integrity, and not to give into peer pressure to try to be
something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and
compassionate person to contribute in some way.
生命中最重要的就是真诚地生活,不因众人的压力而改变自己,委曲求全。做一位诚实、富有同情心的人,以某种方式作出自己的贡献。
Nobody Ever Makes It Without Hard Work
不经历风雨,怎能见彩虹 181
著名乡村音乐歌星多莉?帕顿在田纳西大学2009年毕业典礼上的演讲
Working hard is not just effort. It’s learning. It’s trying new
things. And it’s about
taking chances.
努力工作不仅仅是尽力,它也是一种学习,即你要尝试新事物,抓住新机遇。
Feelings, Failures and Finding Happiness
感觉、失败与寻找快乐 197
脱口秀女王奥普拉?温弗瑞在斯坦福大学2008年毕业典礼上的演讲
In order to be truly happy, you must live along with and you have
to stand for something larger than yourself. Because life is a
reciprocal exchange. To move forward you have to give back.
你必须与一个比你更强大的事物共同生活,并支持它。唯有如此,才能得到真正的快乐。因为人生就是相互交流,为了前进你必须先回报。
We’re Gonna Be OK
一切都会变好的 219
著名主持人乔恩?斯图尔特在威廉玛丽学院2004年毕业典礼上的演讲
Success is defined in myriad ways, and you will find it, and people
will no longer be grading you, but it will come from your own
internal sense of decency.
成功的定义难以计数,你们终将发现,成功不是由别人来评价,而是取决于自己内心的行为正派感。
Because We Can, We Must
因为能够,所以必须 229
U2乐队主唱博诺?沃克斯在宾夕法尼亚大学2004年毕业典礼上的演讲
Well this is the time for bold measures. This is the country, and
you are the generation.
这是需要果敢举措的时代,这是勇于采取果敢举措的国度,而你们,就是这一代人。
Not Too Hard to Get Right
做对一件事其实并不难 245
著名演员威尔?费雷尔在哈佛大学2003年毕业典礼上的演讲
If anyone can handle the ups and downs of this crazy blue marble we
call Planet Earth, it’s you guys. As I stare out into this vast sea
of shining faces, I see the best and brightest.
如果说还有谁能够操控这个被称为“地球”的浮沉的话,那就是你们。当我望向你们这片神采奕奕的面孔之海时,我看到的永远是最棒的、最亮的。