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Dolly Parton's Commencement
Barack Obama's Commencement
Which commencement speech impressed you more? Watch both of them. You might be surprised.
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DollyFan - 5/21/09 @ 8:13 PM:
I believe that the two clips shown here do not portray equal moments of speech. Dolly's clip shows her whole speech, which was awesome! Obama's basically only showed him warming up the audience by saying thanks for having me and showing some humor. His clip doesn't really show the context of his speech. If I base my vote on just the clips presented, I would definitely have to say Dolly's speech is better.
She has never forgotten her humble beginnings or her hometown. She takes pride in not jugding others (as she says....Yes, gays should be allowed to get married. They should be able to suffer with the rest of us!), showing care and concern for others (providing jobs, providing books to children though her Imagination Library, raising funds for a special wing in her hometown hospital, etc.) She has a huge heart!
She also knows that to reach your dreams...YOU must do the work and not rely on others. Dreams can come true but take a lot of work, determination and persistence. And a little bit of luck.
Dolly is just a well rounded down to earth person!
Yes, she may have won Grammy's and many other music awards. She may have been nominated for Tony Awards and Oscars. That is all because of her hard work, wonderful song writing skills, beautiful voice and what not. But she still knows that what matters in the end is how you treated people and what kind of compassion you showed for others. We'll all remember that she had all the other talents but in the long run she'll be remembered for who she was as a person!
She has never forgotten her humble beginnings or her hometown. She takes pride in not jugding others (as she says....Yes, gays should be allowed to get married. They should be able to suffer with the rest of us!), showing care and concern for others (providing jobs, providing books to children though her Imagination Library, raising funds for a special wing in her hometown hospital, etc.) She has a huge heart!
She also knows that to reach your dreams...YOU must do the work and not rely on others. Dreams can come true but take a lot of work, determination and persistence. And a little bit of luck.
Dolly is just a well rounded down to earth person!
Yes, she may have won Grammy's and many other music awards. She may have been nominated for Tony Awards and Oscars. That is all because of her hard work, wonderful song writing skills, beautiful voice and what not. But she still knows that what matters in the end is how you treated people and what kind of compassion you showed for others. We'll all remember that she had all the other talents but in the long run she'll be remembered for who she was as a person!
