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  1. jamesclear.com

    She originally delivered this speech as the commencement address to the class of 1999 at Mount Holyoke College. 1. Note: Thanks to reader Harvey Freedenberg, who originally told me about this speech. Speech Transcript. I look at all of you today and I cannot help but see myself twenty-five years ago, at my own Barnard commencement.
  2. If you can bring to your children the self that you truly are, as opposed to some amalgam of manners and mannerisms, expectations and fears that you have acquired as a carapace along the way, you will give them, too, a great gift. You will teach them by example not…
  3. Anna Quindlen's Commencement Speech: Mount Holyoke College, 23 May 1999 [...] Most commencement speeches suggest you take up something or other: the challenge of the future, a vision of the twenty-first century. Instead I'd like you to give up. Give up the backpack. Give up the nonsensical and punishing quest for perfection that dogs too ...
  4. bartleby.com

    On Sunday, May 23, 1999, Anna Quindlen made the Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College. During this speech, Quindlen spoke out to graduates, offering encouragement and advice as they prepared to join the workforce. Her intension was to inform them of perfection, people's standards, and being you.
  5. "1999 Mount Holyoke Commencement Speech" delivered by A N N A Q U I N D L E N. Background. Anna Quindlen is an author, journalist, and opinion columnist. She originally delivered this speech as the commencement address to the class of 1999 at Mount Holyoke College. Note: Thanks to reader Harvey Freedenberg, who originally told me about this ...
  6. alexanderjarvis.com

    This is the metaphor Anna Quindlen uses in her Mount Holyoke Commencement Speech to describe the daunting pursuit of perfection. Quindlen, a renowned journalist and novelist, discusses the perils of this climb and suggests an alternative path, one that leads to authenticity and self-acceptance.

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