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- Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and relevetory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
- Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy.
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
- We touch other peoples lives simply by existing.
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
- We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
- We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- Success is really about being ready for the good opportunities that come before you. It's not to have a detailed plan of everything that you're going to do. You can't plan innovation or inspiration, but you can be ready for it, and when you see it, you can jump on it.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- If you forgo your plan, you also have to forgo fear.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- None of us is as smart as all of us.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- In a world where everything is remembered and everything is kept forever, you need to live for the future and things you really care about.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
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