hello bluedevils it is great to be back

at dude and it's an honor to stand

before you both as your commencement

speaker and a graduate iearned my degree

from the Fuqua School in 1988 in

preparing for this speech I reached out

to one of my favorite professors from

back then

Bob Ryan himer taught this great course

in management communications

which included sharpening your public

speaking skills we hadn't spoken for

decades so I was thrilled when he told

me he remembered a particularly gifted

public speaker who took his class in the

1980s with a bright mind and a charming

personality he said he knew way back

then this person was destined for

greatness you could imagine how this

made me feel professor Ryan hi

had an eye for talent and if I do say so

myself

I think his instincts were right Melinda

Gates has really made her mark in the

world

[Applause]

I'm grateful to Bob and Dean bolding and

all of my professors their teachings

have stayed with me throughout my career

I want to thank President price and the

Duke faculty and my fellow members of

the Board of Trustees for the honor of

speaking with you today and I'd also

like to add my congratulations to this

year's honorary degree recipients but

most of all congratulations to the class

of 2018

you know no graduate gets to this moment

alone I want to acknowledge your parents

and grandparents and friends that are

here cheering you on just as they have

every step of the way let's give them

our thanks today especially I remember

my mother who watched me graduate from

Duke I wouldn't have been there that day

or made it here today without her

support let's give our special things to

all of the mothers here today on

Mother's Day

[Applause]

I have wonderful memories here studying

and not studying with people I still

count as friends to this day cheering at

Cameron for every victory cheering even

louder when that victories over Carolina

look back over your shoulder fondly and

say goodbye to act one of your life and

then quickly look forward Act two begins

today it's your turn to reach out and

take the baton you enter the world at a

time of great challenge our country is

deeply divided and too many Americans

refuse to hear any opinion that differs

from their own our planet is warming

with devastating consequences and

there's some that even deny its even

happening our schools and communities

suffer from deep inequality we fail to

guarantee every student the right to a

good education and yet we are not

powerless in the face of these problems

you are not powerless to fix them no

generation has ever had more power than

yours and no generation has a chance to

change things faster than yours can the

pace at which progress is possible has

accelerated dramatically aided by

technology every individual has the

tools potential and reach to build a

better world that makes this the best

time in history to be alive whatever you

choose to do with your life wherever

your passion takes you I urge you to

take the power you have been given and

use it for good aspire to leave this

world better than you found it

I didn't always see life as clearly as I

do today but I've learned the greatest

challenge of life

is knowing when to break with

conventional wisdom don't just accept

the world you inherit today don't just

accept the status quo Noda challenge has

ever been solved and no lasting

improvement has ever been achieved

unless people dares to try something

different

dare to think different I was lucky to

learn from someone who believed this

deeply someone who knew that changing

the world starts with following a vision

not a path he was my friend and mentor

Steve Jobs

Steve's vision was the great ideas comes

from a restless refusal to accept things

as they are and those principles still

guide us at Apple today we reject the

notion that global warming is inevitable

that's why we run Apple on a hundred

percent renewable energy we thank you we

reject the excuse that getting the most

out of technology means trading away

your right to privacy so we choose a

different path collecting as little of

your data as possible being thoughtful

and respectful when it's in our care

because we know it belongs to you in

every way at every turn the question we

ask ourselves is not what can we do but

what should we do because Steve taught

us that's how change happens and from

him I learned to never be content with

the way that things are I believe this

mindset comes naturally to young people

and you should never let go of this

restlessness so today's ceremony isn't

just about presenting you with a degree

it's about presenting you with a

question how will you challenge the

status quo

how will you push the world forward 50

years ago today May 13th 1968 Robert

Kennedy was campaigning in Nebraska and

spoke to a group of students who were

wrestling with that same question

those were troubled times too the u.s.

was at war in Vietnam there was violent

unrest in America's cities and the

country was still reeling from the

assassination of dr. Martin Luther King

a month earlier Kennedy gave the

students a call to action when you look

this country and when you see people's

lives held back by discrimination and

poverty when you see injustice in

inequality he said you should be the

last people to accept things as they are

let Kennedy's words echo here today you

should be the last people to accept it

whatever path you've chosen be it

medicine or business engineering of the

humanities whatever drives your passion

be the last to accept the notion that

the world you inherent cannot be

improved be the last to accept the

excuse that says that's just how things

are done here

Duke graduates you should be the last

people to accept it and you should be

the first to change it

the world-class education you've

received that you worked so hard for

gives you opportunities that few people

have you are uniquely qualified and

therefore uniquely responsible to build

a better way forward that won't be easy

it will require great courage but that

courage will not only help you live your

life to the fullest it will empower you

to transform the lives of others last

month I was in Birmingham to mark the

50th anniversary of dr. King's

assassination and I had the incredible

privilege of spending time with women

and men who marched and worked alongside

him many of them were younger at the

time than you are now they told me when

they defied their parents and joined the

sit-ins and the boycotts when they face

the police dogs and the fire hoses they

were risking everything they had

becoming foot soldiers for justice

without a second thought because they

knew that change had to come because

they believed so deeply in the cause of

justice because they knew even all the

adversity that they had faced they had

the chance to build something better for

the next generation we can all learn

from their example if you hope to change

the world you must find your

fearlessness now if you're anything like

I was on graduation day maybe you're not

feeling so fearless maybe you're

thinking about the job you hoped you had

or wondering where you're going to live

or how to repay that student loan these

I know are real concerns I had them too

but don't let those worries stop you

from making a difference fearlessness

means taking the first step even if you

don't know

where it will take you it means being

driven by a higher purpose rather than

by applause it means knowing that you

reveal your character when you stand

apart more than when you stand with the

crowd

if you step up without fear of failure

if you talk and listen to each other

without fear of rejection if you act

with decency and kindness even when no

one is looking even if it seems small or

inconsequential trust me

the rest will fall into place more

importantly you'll be able to tackle the

big things when they come your way it's

in those truly trying moments that the

fearless inspire us fearless like the

students of parkland Florida who refused

to be silent about the epidemic of gun

violence and have rallied millions to

their cause

[Applause]

fearless like the women who say me too

and times up women who cast light into

dark places and move us to a more just

and equal future fearless like those who

fight for the rights of immigrants who

understand that our only hopeful future

is one that embraces all who want to

contribute Duke graduates be fearless be

the last people to accept things as they

are and the first people to stand up and

change them for the better in 1964

Martin Luther King jr. gave a speech at

Paige auditorium to an overflow crowd

students who couldn't get a seat

listened from outside on the lawn dr.

King warned them that someday we would

all have to atone not only for the words

and actions of the bad people but for

the appalling silence and indifference

of the good people who sit around and

say wait on time

Martin Luther King stood right here at

Duke and said the time is always right

to do right for you graduates that time

is now it will always be now it's time

to add your brick to the path of

progress it's time for all of us to move

forward and it's time for you to lead

the way thank you and congratulations

class of 2018

[Applause]

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你好 bluedevils 很高兴

回到老兄，很荣幸能站在

你们面前，作为你的毕业典礼

演讲者和一名毕业生，我

于 1988 年从 Fuqua 学校获得学位，

为这次演讲做准备我联系

了我最喜欢的一位教授

那时

鲍勃·瑞安·赫默（Bob Ryan himer）教授了这门很棒

的管理沟通课程，

其中包括提高您

几十年来没有说过的公开演讲技巧，

所以当他告诉

我他记得一位特别有天赋的

演讲者在

1980 年代以 聪明的头脑和迷人的

个性他说他早在那时就知道

这个人注定要成为

伟大的人你可以想象这

让我觉得瑞恩·嗨教授

有才华如果我自己这么说

我认为他的直觉是正确的梅琳达·

盖茨 真的在世界上留下了她的印记

[掌声]

我很感谢鲍勃和迪恩大胆，

以及我所有的教授，他们的教诲

在我的整个人生中一直陪伴着我

我要感谢 Price 校长和

杜克大学的教职员工以及我的董事会成员

今天有幸与你们交谈，

我还要祝贺

今年的荣誉学位获得者，但

最重要的是祝贺

2018 届

毕业生你知道没有一个人能

独自走到今天 看着我从杜克大学毕业，

如果

没有她的

支持，我就不会那天来到这里，今天母亲节让我们把我们特别的东西送给

所有在场的母亲

[鼓掌]

我在这里学习和不学习有美好的回忆

直到今天，我仍然把人们视为朋友，

为每一次胜利为卡梅伦欢呼

，当战胜卡罗来纳的胜利

深情地回首你的肩膀时，欢呼声更加响亮，

说再见，扮演你的生活，

然后迅速向前看 第二幕从

今天开始，轮到你伸出手

接过接力棒了，你进入这个世界

面临着巨大的挑战，我们的国家

严重分裂，太多的美国人

拒绝听到任何声音

我们的星球正在变暖

并带来毁灭性的后果，

有些人甚至否认它甚至

发生了我们的学校和社区

遭受严重的不平等我们无法

保证每个学生都享有

良好教育的权利，但我们

在 面对这些问题，

您并非无能为力解决问题

工具潜力和影响力来建立一个

更美好的世界，这使得这

是历史上最好的时间，无论你

选择做什么 无论

你的热情将你带到哪里，你的生活我敦促你

利用你被赋予的力量

并将其用于良好的愿望离开这个

世界比你发现的更好

我并不总是像今天这样清楚地看到生活，

但我已经 学会

了生活中最大的挑战

是知道什么时候打破

传统智慧不要只接受

你今天继承的世界不要只

接受现状野田挑战

已经解决

了，除非人们敢于实现，否则永远不会取得持久的进步

尝试

不同的东西

敢于思考不同 我很幸运能

向一个深信这一点的人学习 一个

知道

改变世界始于遵循愿景

而不是道路的人 他是我的朋友和导师

史蒂夫乔布斯

史蒂夫的愿景是伟大的想法

来自 不安地拒绝接受事物的本来面目

，这些原则

今天仍然在 Apple 指导我们

t 可再生能源 我们感谢您 我们

拒绝以

充分利用技术意味着牺牲

您的隐私权为借口，因此我们选择了一条

不同的路径，尽可能少地收集

您的数据

在我们关心的情况下考虑周到和尊重，

因为我们知道 它

在每一个转折点都属于你我们

问自己的问题不是我们能做什么，而是

我们应该做什么，因为史蒂夫告诉

我们这就是改变发生的方式，从

他那里我学会了永远不会满足

于现状 相信这种

心态对年轻人来说是很自然的

，你永远不应该放弃这种

不安，所以今天的仪式

不仅仅是给你一个学位，

而是给你一个

问题，你将如何挑战

现状，

你将如何推动世界 50

年前的今天，1968 年 5 月 13 日，罗伯特·

肯尼迪在内布拉斯加州竞选，并

与一群正在

努力解决同样问题

的学生交谈 美国也流血了

在越南处于战争状态时

，美国的城市发生了暴力骚乱，该

国仍在因博士被

暗杀而陷入困境。

一个月前，马丁路德金

呼吁学生们采取行动，当你看到

这个国家，当你看到人们的

生活因歧视和

贫困而受阻，当你看到不平等中的不公正时，

他说你应该是

最后一个接受事物的人，因为他们

让肯尼迪的话今天在这里回响你

应该是最后一个接受它的人

无论你选择了什么道路无论是

医学还是

人文科学的商业工程无论驱动你的热情什么

是最后一个接受

你与生俱来的世界无法

改善的观念 最后一个接受

这样的借口

杜克大学毕业生，你应该是最后一个

接受它的人，你

应该第一个改变它

你所接受的世界一流的教育

，你努力工作

为您提供很少有人

拥有的机会 您具有独特的资格，

因此负有独特的责任来建立

一条更好的前进道路，这并不

容易 我有很大的勇气，但这种

勇气不仅会帮助你

过上充实的生活，还会让你有

能力改变他人的生活

上个月我在伯明翰

纪念博士 50 周年。 金

遇刺，我有幸

与与他一起游行和工作的男女

共度

时光

当他们

面对警犬和消防水管时，

他们冒着一切风险

成为正义的步兵，

因为他们

知道改变必须到来，因为

他们对正义事业深信不疑，

因为他们甚至知道所有的

逆境 他们曾经面临过

，他们有机会为下一代创造更好的东西，

我们都可以

从他们的榜样中学习如果你希望

改变世界，你现在必须找到你的

无所畏惧，如果你像

毕业那天的我一样，也许你” 没有

感到那么无所畏惧，也许您正在

考虑您希望拥有的工作，

或者想知道您将住在哪里

或如何偿还学生贷款，这些

我知道 是真正的担忧 我也有，

但不要让这些担忧阻止你

有所作为 这意味着

当你站出来时比站在人群中更能显露你的性格 如果你挺身而出

而不害怕失败

如果你交谈和倾听对方

而不害怕被拒绝 如果你表现

得体面和善良，即使没有

一个人正在寻找，即使它看起来很小或

无关紧要相信

我，其余的都会到位更

重要的是，

当大事出现时，你将能够处理它们

在那些真正艰难的时刻，

无所畏惧的人激励我们像学生一样无所畏惧

佛罗里达州帕克兰的人拒绝

对枪支暴力的流行保持沉默，

并为他们的事业集结了数百万人

[掌声]

就像那些说我的女人一样无所畏惧

， 将光明投射到

黑暗的地方，让我们走向更加

公正和平等的未来

1964 年小

马丁·路德·金 (Martin Luther King jr.) 接受事物的本来面目和第一批站出来改变事物的人。 在佩奇礼堂发表演讲，

向

无法

从外面草坪上听到座位的拥挤人群的学生发表演讲。

金警告他们，总有一天，我们

都必须

为坏人的言行赎罪，还要为

那些坐在那里说要等到时间的好人令人震惊的沉默和漠不关心，

马丁路德金就站在

杜克大学， 说

为你们毕业生做正确的时间

永远是正确的现在是时候永远是现在是

时候为进步的道路添砖加瓦是时候我们所有人都

前进了是时候让你

带路了 谢谢和祝贺

2018级

[鼓掌]