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Conan O'Brien

"Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. Thatâ€™s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I'm talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg."

Source : Conan O'Brien's Commencement Address at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.dartmouth.edu. June 12, 2011.

Conan O'Brien

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“I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don't get it.”
“In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.”
“Most people think that George Nelson, Charles Eames and Eliot Noyes invented industrial design. That is, of course, an exaggeration. George did it without any assistance from the other two.”
“The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things he doesn't want you to do and you'll burn for a long time if you do them - and private property, which I think is at the core of our failure as a species. That's the source of my indignations, my dissatisfactions, however it comes out on the stage. I feel betrayed by the people I'm part of, these creatures, these magnificent creatures.”
“Donâ€™t believe something just because you want to, and donâ€™t embrace an idea just because youâ€™ve always believed it. Believe what is biblical. Test all your assumptions against the precious words God gave us in the Bible.”
“Each night I lie and dream about the one Who kissed me and awakened my desire I spent a single hour with him alone And since that hour, my days are layed with fire.”
“Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production and marketing,”

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