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A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Robert Orben
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Sydney J. Harris
The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
Charles Sturt
It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
Paul Tsongas
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
G. B. Trudeau
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A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Robert Orben 
82% of people like this quote
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Sydney J. Harris
60% of people like this quote
The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
Charles Sturt
56% of people like this quote
It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
Paul Tsongas
51% of people like this quote
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
G. B. Trudeau
51% of people like this quote
The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
Joe Slovo
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A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.
Paul Tsongas
48% of people like this quote
The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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