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1、附JK.rowling演讲稿：TheFringeBenefitsofFailure,andtheImportanceofImaginationHarvardUniversityCommencementAddressJ.K.RowlingPresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,proudparents,and,aboveall,graduates.ThefirstthingIwouldliket
2、osayis‘thankyou.’NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextraordinaryhonour,buttheweeksoffearandnauseaI’veexperiencedatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awin-winsituation! NowallIhavetodoistakedeepbreaths,6)squintattheredbannersandconvincemyselfthatIa
3、mattheworld’slargest7)Gryffindorreunion.Deliveringacommencementaddressisagreatresponsibility;orsoIthoughtuntilIcastmymindbacktomyowngraduation.ThecommencementspeakerthatdaywasthedistinguishedBritishphilosopherBaronessMaryWarnock.Reflectingonherspeechhashelpedmeenorm
4、ouslyinwritingthisone,becauseitturnsoutthatIcan’trememberasinglewordshesaid.ThisliberatingdiscoveryenablesmetoproceedwithoutanyfearthatImightinadvertentlyinfluenceyoutoabandonpromisingcareersinbusiness,laworpoliticsforthegiddydelightsofbecomingagaywizard.Yousee?Ifal
5、lyourememberinyearstocomeisthe‘gaywizard’joke,I’vestillcomeoutaheadofBaronessMaryWarnock.Achievablegoals:thefirststeptowardspersonalimprovement.Actually,IhavewrackedmymindandheartforwhatIoughttosaytoyoutoday.IhaveaskedmyselfwhatIwishIhadknownatmyowngraduation,andwha
6、timportantlessonsIhavelearnedinthe21yearsthathasexpiredbetweenthatdayandthis.Ihavecomeupwithtwoanswers.Onthiswonderfuldaywhenwearegatheredtogethertocelebrateyouracademicsuccess,Ihavedecidedtotalktoyouaboutthebenefitsoffailure.Andasyoustandonthethresholdofwhatissomet
7、imescalled‘reallife’,Iwanttoextolthecrucialimportanceofimagination.Thesemightseemquixoticorparadoxicalchoices,butpleasebearwithme.Lookingbackatthe21-year-oldthatIwasatgraduation,isaslightlyuncomfortableexperienceforthe42-year-oldthatshehasbecome.Halfmylifetimeago,Iw
8、asstrikinganuneasybalancebetweentheambitionIhadformyself,andwhatthoseclosesttomeexpectedofme.IwasconvincedthattheonlythingIwantedtodo,ever
