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theconstantreader's review against another edition
3.0
A lovely speech to remind us all to be kind to one another. It is moving and makes you reflect on what truly matters.
debi_g's review against another edition
4.0
“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.”
I enjoy reading commencement speeches, and fully appreciate how difficult it is to write and deliver one with any degree of originality and panache. Perhaps I was expecting too much from Saunders. This is well structured, an ideal length, traditional, and timeless; additionally, it has that thing most good speeches have: a sense that anyone could have dreamt it up, that the notion has danced through our minds, if perhaps not so eloquently.
I enjoy reading commencement speeches, and fully appreciate how difficult it is to write and deliver one with any degree of originality and panache. Perhaps I was expecting too much from Saunders. This is well structured, an ideal length, traditional, and timeless; additionally, it has that thing most good speeches have: a sense that anyone could have dreamt it up, that the notion has danced through our minds, if perhaps not so eloquently.
ihatecowsoup's review against another edition
5.0
“what i regret most in my life are my failures of kindness. those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and i responded…sensibly. reservedly. mildly.”
shinheiba_sm's review against another edition
emotional
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inspiring
lighthearted
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4.0
beardedbarista's review against another edition
5.0
Got to thank Nick Offerman for recommending this one. He mentions it in his new book, Where the deer and the antelope play.
A short(read it aloud to my wife as she was cooking dinner)read. Was a great evening read on kindness and making sure to not let all the other "important" things in life overwhelm the need to treat others with kindness. That was a long probably wrongly constructed sentence.
I love Saunders writing and am glad I can add this to my collection of his work.
A short(read it aloud to my wife as she was cooking dinner)read. Was a great evening read on kindness and making sure to not let all the other "important" things in life overwhelm the need to treat others with kindness. That was a long probably wrongly constructed sentence.
I love Saunders writing and am glad I can add this to my collection of his work.