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An interesting speech

xiaoqiang Kang 贴于2003/10/06 12:41 （武汉大学校友论坛）

What follows is a transcript of the speech
> > > >> delivered by Larry Ellison,
> > > >> CEO of ORACLE (2nd Richest Man on the Planet) at the
> > > >> Yale University
> > > >> last month:
> > > >>
> > > >> "Graduates of Yale University, I apologize
> > > >> if you have endured this
> > > >> type of prologue before, but I want you to do
> > > >> something for me.
> > > >> Please, take a good look around you. Look at the
> > > >> classmate on your
> > > >> left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now,
> > > >> consider this:
> > > >>
> > > >> Five years from now, 10 years from now, even
> > > >> 30 thirty years
> > > >> from now, odds are the person on your left is going
> > > >> to be a loser.
> > > >> The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a
> > > >> loser. And
> > > >> you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser.
> > > >> Loserhood.
> > > >> Loser Cum Laude.
> > > >>
> > > >> "In fact, as I look out before me today, I
> > > >> don't see a thousand
> > > >> hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand
> > > >> future leaders
> > > >> in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers.
> > > >> "You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how
> > > >> can I,
> > > >> Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison, college dropout, have the
> > > >> audacity to
> > > >> spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of
> > > >> the nation's
> > > >> most prestigious institutions? I'll tell you why.
> > > >> Because I,
> > > >> Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man on the
> > > >> planet, am a
> > > >> college dropout, and you are not.
> > > >>
> > > >> "Because Bill Gates, richest man on the
> > > >> planet-for now,
> > > >> anyway-is a college dropout, and you are not.
> > > >> "Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the
> > > >> planet, dropped
> > > >> out of college, and you did not.
> > > >>
> > > >> "And for good measure, because Michael Dell,
> > > >> No. 9 on the list
> > > >> and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you,
> > > >> yet again, are not."
> > > >>
> > > >> "Hmm... you're very upset. That's
> > > >> understandable. So let me
> > > >> stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite
> > > >> sincerely,
> > > >> that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most
> > > >> of you, I
> > > >> imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in
> > > >> many ways
> > > >> what you've learned and endured will serve you well
> > > >> in the years
> > > >> ahead. You've established good work habits. You've
> > > >> established
> > > >> a network of people that will help you down the
> > > >> road. And you've
> > > >> established what will be lifelong relationships with
> > > >> the word
> > > >> 'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you
> > > >> will need that
> > > >> network. You will need those strong work habits. You
> > > >> will need
> > > >> that therapy.
> > > >>
> > > >> "You will need them because you didn't drop
> > > >> out, and so you will
> > > >> never be among the richest people in the world. Oh
> > > >> sure, you
> > > >> may, perhaps, work your way up to No. 10 or No. 11,
> > > >> like Steve
> > > >> Ballmer. But then, I don't have to tell you who he
> > > >> really works
> > > >> for, do I? And for the record, he dropped out of
> > > >> grad school. Bit
> > > >> of a late bloomer.
> > > >>
> > > >> "Finally, I realize that many of you, and
> > > >> hopefully by now most of
> > > >> you, are wondering, 'Is there anything I can do? Is
> > > >> there any hope
> > > >> for me at all?' Actually, no. It's too late. You've
> > > >> absorbed too
> > > >> much, think you know too much. You're not 19
> > > >> anymore. You have
> > > >> a built-in cap, and I'm not referring to the mortar
> > > >> boards on your heads."
> > > >>
> > > >> "Hmm... you're really very upset. That's
> > > >> understandable. So
> > > >> perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the
> > > >> silver lining.
> > > >> Not for you, Class of '00. You are a write-off, so
> > > >> I'll let you
> > > >> slink off to your pathetic ?200,000-a-year jobs,
> > > >> where your checks
> > > >> will be signed by former classmates who dropped out
> > > >> two years ago."
> > > >>
> > > >> "Instead, I want to give hope to any
> > > >> underclassmen here today. I
> > > >> say to you, and I can't stress this enough: leave.
> > > >> Pack your
> > > >> things and your ideas and don't come back. Drop out.
> > > >> Start up.
> > > >> "For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep
> > > >> you down just
> > > >> as surely as these security guards dragging me off
> > > >> this stage are
> > > >> keeping me down..."

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