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y and feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among 、滿懷信心地承擔(dān)起我的任務(wù)。我確信,大家聯(lián)合起來,我們的事業(yè)就不會(huì)遭到挫敗。I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.” 在此時(shí)此刻的危急關(guān)頭,我覺得我有權(quán)要求各方面的支持。我要說:“來吧,讓我們?nèi)翰呷毫?,并肩前進(jìn)!史上最狂妄的演講甲骨文公司總裁Larry Ellison在耶魯大學(xué)的演講“Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for , take a good look around at the classmate on your at the classmate on your , consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a you, in the middle? What can you expect? Cum fact, as I look out before me today, I don39。t see a thousand hopes for a bright don39。t see a thousand future leaders in a thousand see a thousand 39。re 39。s all, how can I,Lawrence ”Larry“ Ellison, college dropout, have theaudacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation39。s most prestigious institutions? I39。ll tell you I, Lawrence ”Larry“ Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am college dropout, and you are Bill Gates, richest man on the planetfor now anywayis a college dropout, and you are Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did for good measure, because Michael Dell, on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are ...you39。re very 39。s let me stroke your Egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in many ways what you39。ve learned and endured will serve you well in the years 39。ve established good work 39。ve established a network of people that will help you down the you39。ve established what will be lifelong relationships with the word ”therapy.“ All that of is in truth, you will need that will need those strong work will need that will need them because you didn39。t drop out, and so you will never be among the richest people in the sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to №10 or №11, like Steve then, I don39。t have to tell you who he really works for, do I? And for the record, he dropped out of grad of a late , 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, 39。s too 39。ve absorbed too much, think you know too 39。re not 9 have a builtin cap,and I39。m not referring to the mortarboards on your ...you39。re really very 39。s perhaps this Could be a good time to bring up the silver for you, Class of 39。 are a writeoff, so I39。ll let you slink off to your pathetic $200,000ayear jobs, where your cheques will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years , I want to give hope to any underclassmen here say to you, and Ican39。t stress this enough: your things and your ideas and don39。t e 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...“(At this point The Oracle CEO was ushered off stage.)耶魯?shù)漠厴I(yè)生們,我很抱歉如果你們不喜歡這樣的開場(chǎng)白。我想請(qǐng)你們?yōu)槲易鲆患?。?qǐng)你好好看一看周圍,看一看站在你左邊的同學(xué),看一看站在你右邊的同學(xué)。請(qǐng)你設(shè)想這樣的情況:從現(xiàn)在起5年之后,10年之后,或30年之后,今天站在你左邊的這個(gè)人會(huì)是一個(gè)失敗者;右邊的這個(gè)人,同樣,也是個(gè)失敗者。而你,站在中間的家伙,你以為會(huì)怎樣?一樣是失敗者。失敗的經(jīng)歷。失敗的優(yōu)等生。說實(shí)話,今天我站在這里,并沒有看到一千個(gè)畢業(yè)生的燦爛未來。我沒有看到一千個(gè)行業(yè)的一千名卓越領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者,我只看到了一千個(gè)失敗者。你們感到沮喪,這是可以理解的。為什么,我,埃里森,一個(gè)退學(xué)生,竟然在美國(guó)最具聲望的學(xué)府里這樣厚顏地散布異端?我來告訴你原因。因?yàn)椋?,埃里森,這個(gè)行星上第二富有的人,是個(gè)退學(xué)生,而你不是。因?yàn)楸葼柹w茨,這個(gè)行星上最富有的人就目前而言是個(gè)退學(xué) 生,而你不是。因?yàn)榘瑐?,這個(gè)行星上第三富有的人,也退了學(xué),而你沒有。再來一點(diǎn)證據(jù)吧,因?yàn)榇鳡?,這個(gè)行星上第九富有的人他的排位還在不斷上升,也是個(gè)退學(xué)生。而你,不是。你們非常沮喪,這是可以理解的。你們將來需要這些有用的工作習(xí)慣。你將來需要這種“治療”`。你需要它們,因?yàn)槟銢]輟學(xué),所以你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成為世界上最富有的人。哦,當(dāng)然,你可以,也許,以你的方式進(jìn)步到第10位,第11位,就像Steve。不過,我沒有告訴你他在為誰工作,是吧?根據(jù)記載,他是研究生時(shí)輟的學(xué),開化得稍晚了些?,F(xiàn)在,我猜想你們中間很多人,也許是絕大多數(shù)人,正在琢磨,”能做什么?我究竟有沒有前途?“當(dāng)然沒有。太晚了,你們已經(jīng)吸收了太多東西,以為自己懂得太多。你們?cè)僖膊皇?9歲了。你們有了``內(nèi)置``的帽子,哦,我指的可不是你們腦袋上的學(xué)位帽。嗯......你們已經(jīng)非常沮喪啦。這是可以理解的。所以,現(xiàn)在可能是討論實(shí)質(zhì)的時(shí)候啦絕不是為了你們,2000年畢業(yè)生。你們已經(jīng)被報(bào)銷,不予考慮了。我想,你們就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20萬的可憐工作吧,在那里,工資單是由你兩年前輟學(xué)的同班同學(xué)簽字開出來的。事實(shí)上,我是寄希望于眼下還沒有畢業(yè) 的同學(xué)。我要對(duì)他們說,離開這里。收拾好你的東西,帶著你的點(diǎn)子,別再回來。退學(xué)吧,開始行動(dòng)。我要告訴你,一頂帽子一套學(xué)位服必然要讓你淪落......就像這些保安馬上要把我從這個(gè)講臺(tái)上攆走一樣必然......(此時(shí),拉里埃里森被帶離了講臺(tái))I have been to the mountaintop馬丁路德金:Thank you very kindly, my I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking 39。s always good to have your closest friend and associate to say something good about Ralph Abernathy is the best friend that I have in the 39。m delighted to see each of you here tonight in spite of a storm reveal that you are determined to go on is happening in Memphis。something is happening in our you know, if I were standing at the beginning of time, with the possibility of taking a kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now, and the Almighty said to me, ”Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?“ I would take my mental flight by Egypt and I would watch God39。s children in their magnificent trek from the dark dungeons of Egypt through, or rather across the Red Sea, through the wilderness ontoward the promised in spite of its magnificence, I wouldn39。t stop would move on by Greece and take my mind to Mount I would see Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Euripides and Aristophanes assembled around the I would watch them around the Parthenon as they discussed the great and eternal issues of I wouldn39。t stop would go on, even to the great heyday of the Roman I would see developments around there, through various emperors and I wouldn39。t stop would even e up to the day of the Renaissance, and get a quick picture of all that the Renaissance did for the cultural and aesthetic life of I wouldn39。t stop would even go by the way that the man for whom I am named had his I would watch Martin Luther as he tacked his ninetyfive theses on the door at the church of I wouldn39。t stop woul