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Bonus Commencement Episode: Ryan Seacrest · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's de Leeper. I'm here to tell you about
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  Speaker 1: to the new season of Why Am I Telling You This?
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  Speaker 1: Starting February sev on the I Heart Radio abb Apple Podcasts,
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  Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Commencement Speeches for the
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  Speaker 1: Class of is a production of I Heart Radio. Class
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  Speaker 1: of Parents, faculty, rising graduates. Welcome to commencement. You made it.
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  Speaker 1: This year is a little different, a difficult time to
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  Speaker 1: graduate because the traditional graduation day has been put on hold.
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  Speaker 1: So we're bringing it to you wherever you are, because
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  Speaker 1: this is still your day, your moment, and now put
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  Speaker 1: your hands together. It's time to be inspired. This year's
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  Speaker 1: commencement speaker, the one and only Ryan Seacrest. Hello to
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  Speaker 1: the graduating class of It is Ryan Seacrest. Here. The
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  Speaker 1: time has arrived your commencement from school. There's no doubt
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  Speaker 1: that this is not playing out as you envisioned, nor
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  Speaker 1: how anyone else envisioned it for you. But that does
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  Speaker 1: not in any way take away from everything you've accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: If anything, it further demonstrates your resiliency and your ability
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  Speaker 1: to handle whatever the future may hold. We may be
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  Speaker 1: living in a time of uncertainty, but the one thing
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  Speaker 1: that is certain is that you should all be very
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  Speaker 1: proud of what you've accomplished. I want to share our
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  Speaker 1: favorite quote of mine for you. It's from the poet
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  Speaker 1: John Chiardi, and it goes like this, the day will
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  Speaker 1: happen whether or not you get up. Let me say
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  Speaker 1: it again, the day will happen whether or not you
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  Speaker 1: get up. Now, it's not a reprimand for those who
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  Speaker 1: are late risers. In fact, virtual commencement seemed taylor fit
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  Speaker 1: for those that are. Instead, I take Charity's wisdom as
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  Speaker 1: a wake up call to make sure you happen to
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  Speaker 1: the day instead of letting it happen to you. Every
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  Speaker 1: new day is a chance to get better, to be kinder,
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  Speaker 1: or try something new. Each new day can also push
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  Speaker 1: you to your limits, make you stumble, or reduce you
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  Speaker 1: to tears. But no matter the circumstances, you still only
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  Speaker 1: get one shot to make the day matter. Charity's words
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  Speaker 1: remind us that life is precious, a truth that's currently
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  Speaker 1: playing out right before our eyes. Days come and go fast,
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  Speaker 1: before you know it, time starts to add up. And
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  Speaker 1: then the older I get, the more I realize that
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  Speaker 1: life happens whether or not I get up. It is true.
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  Speaker 1: The world can sometimes be a pretty messy place. The
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  Speaker 1: news is flood with sad stories. Our politics can make
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  Speaker 1: us feel disheartened. The view of the job market is overwhelming.
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  Speaker 1: But know this, The world is also full of opportunities
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  Speaker 1: to find your purpose, your inspiration, creativity, and what excites you.
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  Speaker 1: And there are many more good people than bad. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you can tell them fairly optimistic. I like to try
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  Speaker 1: and look at life like that. But much of that
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  Speaker 1: optimism comes from growing up, being raised, and naturally the
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  Speaker 1: rest comes from working hard to be true to myself.
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  Speaker 1: Over time, I developed my own set of tools I
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  Speaker 1: call him, to bring a positive energy to each new day. Today,
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  Speaker 1: I thought I'd tell you what works for me. See
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  Speaker 1: what you think. I call it my code. So here goes. First,
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  Speaker 1: I try to live my passion. Some of you have
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  Speaker 1: always known what you were born to do. Others are
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  Speaker 1: still trying to figure that out, and that's okay. I
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  Speaker 1: was once an uncomfortable kid in husky jeans, so I
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  Speaker 1: can remember that. To be honest, I didn't feel like
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  Speaker 1: I fit into a lot of places. But one thing
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  Speaker 1: I knew was I knew what my passion was. I
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  Speaker 1: fell in love with radio. I told anyone who would
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  Speaker 1: sit and listen that I wanted to be a broadcaster.
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  Speaker 1: Played DJ my bedroom using an old twenty dollar radio
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  Speaker 1: shack audio mixer. I put all my energy towards achieving
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  Speaker 1: my goal. I started exercising, eating better, attempting to dress better.
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  Speaker 1: Eventually I gained a little more confidence. But most important,
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  Speaker 1: I realized it didn't matter what anyone else said about me.
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  Speaker 1: What mattered was how I thought about myself and what
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  Speaker 1: I believe I could accomplish only if I put everything
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  Speaker 1: I had into it. The best path we can choose
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  Speaker 1: for ourselves is one that allows us to follow our
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  Speaker 1: hearts more than our heads. I also think you need
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  Speaker 1: to trust your gut, even before I stepped my first
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  Speaker 1: foot on the campus for my time in college. There
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  Speaker 1: was a voice inside me telling me there was something
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  Speaker 1: else I should be doing to pursue my passion for broadcasting.
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  Speaker 1: Something tell me I needed to be in Hollywood to
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  Speaker 1: make it happen. There wasn't a minute to waste. Many
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  Speaker 1: of my professors, my closest friends and family, they weren't
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  Speaker 1: so sure about the plan. I was nineteen years old
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  Speaker 1: and I was literally scared to death. But at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, I was never more sure of anything in
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  Speaker 1: my life. And we try something new, you take a risk,
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  Speaker 1: or you change your course. There will be naysayers, and
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  Speaker 1: there will be well meaning skeptics too. You should thank them,
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  Speaker 1: thank them for their advice. But whatever you do, do
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  Speaker 1: not let them silence your intuition. Next, I try and listen.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people think that what this job is,
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  Speaker 1: or broadcasting is, is talking for a living, but it's
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  Speaker 1: not really true. It's listening for a living. When I'm
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  Speaker 1: on the air talking to someone, I tell myself shut
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  Speaker 1: up and listen to what the person is trying to say.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of doing all the talking. I try and make
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  Speaker 1: a point to listen, watch for the signals, wait for
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  Speaker 1: the moment when you can help others be in the
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  Speaker 1: spotlight and shine. It's a wonderful thing. Also in my code,
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  Speaker 1: laugh loudly and preferably at yourself. Here's here's a joke.
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  Speaker 1: I remember I was watching TV one night and it
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  Speaker 1: cracked me up, and it was something like for the
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  Speaker 1: fifth consecutive year, Ryan Seacrest took home the award for
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  Speaker 1: Best Animated Short. That was a het joke. I can
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  Speaker 1: think Jimmy Kimmelfur, and I happened to be watching television
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  Speaker 1: when I saw it myself. So Kato, laugh at yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Laughter keeps you saying, laugh hard and often. Next on
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  Speaker 1: my code, I try to indulge my curiosity. Your college
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  Speaker 1: degree is great evidence that you have learned a lot
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  Speaker 1: over your years in school. It's a good start, but
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  Speaker 1: learning never stops. There's no better example of that than
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  Speaker 1: all the lessons we're learning as individuals about ourselves right
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  Speaker 1: now and as a nation in the world. There's something
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  Speaker 1: to be learned in everything. So follow your curiosity and
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  Speaker 1: satisfy it. What makes you curious? Where do you want
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  Speaker 1: to go when you can? What questions are you asking?
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  Speaker 1: Never forget it's our curiosity that keeps us searching. Another
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  Speaker 1: part of the code is be prepared. So a long
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  Speaker 1: time ago someone figured out there were twenty four hours
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  Speaker 1: in every day, but if you really really do it right,
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  Speaker 1: there's a twenty The twenty hours the time you make
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  Speaker 1: happen to get yourself prepared for what's next. It's when
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  Speaker 1: you steal back moments in your day wherever you can
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  Speaker 1: find them and use them to get ready for tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: The preparation skills that I learned back in school still
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  Speaker 1: me today. I always have a highlighter with me, I
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  Speaker 1: set the alarm on my phone and try not to
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  Speaker 1: hit snooze, although it doesn't always happen that way. And
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  Speaker 1: before any awards show, for example, I make flash cards
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  Speaker 1: right with three facts about every person who I might
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  Speaker 1: encounter their on the air. And it's not the flash
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  Speaker 1: cards that made me ready. It's taken the time to
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  Speaker 1: anticipate the moment that awaits me. You don't always have
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  Speaker 1: to be the most talented person in the room, trust
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  Speaker 1: me that I know, but you can be the most prepared.
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  Speaker 1: Next up is controversial, but I I stick to it,
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  Speaker 1: and that is be impatient. I am. I'm the annoying
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  Speaker 1: friend who keeps texting when you don't get back. When
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  Speaker 1: I'm relaxing on Sunday night, I power through sixty minutes
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  Speaker 1: and twenty five minutes, and I'm the guy who gets
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  Speaker 1: annoyed how long it takes a website to reload. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: patience is for people who have time to waste. I
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  Speaker 1: know not everybody agrees with that, and I know lately
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  Speaker 1: it seems like we have all the time to waste
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  Speaker 1: in the world. But even though things may have slowed
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  Speaker 1: in some respects, dreaming continues, Planning continues because life continues.
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  Speaker 1: It's okay to be impatient, but also remember that it's
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  Speaker 1: important to be kind and brave and hold the door,
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  Speaker 1: look everyone in the eye, say thank you and mean
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  Speaker 1: it when you say it. And that brings me to
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  Speaker 1: giving back here. Giving back is a lot like compound interest.
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  Speaker 1: To maximize the impact, be sure you start early. That
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  Speaker 1: can mean donating a few bucks to the cause of
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  Speaker 1: your choice, or making time to help an organization that's
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  Speaker 1: trying to make a difference. Over the past decade, with
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  Speaker 1: my parents, my sister, my family, we've helped build broadcast
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  Speaker 1: studios media studios in children's hospitals, so kids and their
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  Speaker 1: families can find an escape and interact with each other.
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  Speaker 1: That's how I felt we could give back. Choosing how
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  Speaker 1: to express gratitude is totally up to you, but it's
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  Speaker 1: one of the most deeply personal choices you'll ever make.
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  Speaker 1: It's an important one. Let's get that's the code. That
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  Speaker 1: is my code. Hopefully you're inspired to create your own
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  Speaker 1: code and then share your code. See where your friends
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  Speaker 1: can offered. That sounds good to you. Sometimes being your
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  Speaker 1: best self means being open to different ideas classes. This
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  Speaker 1: is your time. Close your eyes, take a deep breath.
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  Speaker 1: You'll always remember what you've learned and experienced during this time.
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  Speaker 1: It will bind you to your classmates together forever. While
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  Speaker 1: physical distancing may have changed today, it is you that
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  Speaker 1: will change tomorrow. It's your time to rise. You are ready,
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  Speaker 1: You have the tools you need. You are equal to
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  Speaker 1: the challenges that lie ahead. Good luck. You can find
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  Speaker 1: the collection of incredible commencement addresses from all your favorite
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  Speaker 1: speakers at the Commencement Podcast on I Heart Radio or
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  Speaker 1: wherever you listen to podcasts. Trot out of the