1. ELLEN DEGENERES, Actress, Tulane University, 2009
著名脱口秀主持人、演员艾伦·德詹尼丝,2009年杜兰大学毕业演讲
Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.
追随你的激情,忠于自己,别盲从别人的路,除非你在树林里并且你迷路了,那么你务必要走你看到的那条路。
2. ERIC IDLE, Actor and Comedian, Whitman College, 2013
演员、喜剧明星艾瑞克·爱都,2013年惠特曼学院毕业演讲
You probably remember the first time you got drunk. Who knew the room would go round and round and round? They don't say that on the bottle, do they? 'Warning: The room will go round and round and round.' So be careful of that. When the room is spinning, you've pretty much had enough. It's the same with marriage.
3. STEPHEN COLBERT, Writer, comedian and TV host, Northwestern University, 2011
(《扣扣熊报告/深夜秀》)主持人、作家、喜剧演员史蒂芬·科拜尔,2011年西北大学
And we didn't have cell phones. If you made plans to meet someone in a snow storm, and they didn't show up, you just had to assume they were devoured by wolves and go on with your life.
4. FRED ARMISEN, Actor, Oregon Episcopal High School, 2011
演员弗莱德·阿米森,2011年俄勒冈主教高中毕业演讲
Remember that there's no one way of doing things. You know how when you unscrew something it's 'righty tighty, lefty loosey'? If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.
5. BRADLEY WHITFORD, Film and television Actor (NBC's West Wing), University of Wisconsin, 2004
电影、电视(NBC电视剧《白宫风云》)演员布莱德利·惠特福德, 2004年威斯康星大学毕业演讲
The sad truth is, I don't even remember who the speaker was at my graduation. I remember squinting a lot and a vague sense that I would never again be around so many attractive, available young people in my life. It is my solemn duty to inform you that that fear is entirely well founded. This is coming from a guy who works in Hollywood, by the way.