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Resist the easy comforts of complacency, the specious glitter of materialism, the narcotic paralysis of self-satisfaction. Be worthy of your advantages. And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might.

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David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (via Newsweek/The Daily Beast). He also points out that YOLO, if grammatically correct, should be YLOO. Less of a ring to it, but it’s true.

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David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (via Newsweek/The Daily Beast). He also points out that YOLO, if grammatically correct, should be YLOO. Less of a ring to it, but it’s true.