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工資單是由你兩年前輟學(xué)的同班同學(xué)簽字開出來的。事實上,我是寄希望于眼下還沒有畢業(yè)的同學(xué)。我要對他們說,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。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講臺上攆走一樣必然......(此時,拉里埃里森被帶離了講臺)“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 don’t see a thousand hopes for a bright don’t see a thousand future leaders in a thousand see a thousand ’re ’s 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 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 ...you’re very ’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 you’ve learned and endured will serve you well in the years ’ve established good work ’ve established a network of people that will help you down the you’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 didn’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 don’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, ’s too ’ve absorbed too much, think you know too ’re not 9 have a builtin cap,and I’m not referring to themortarboards on your ...you’re really very ’s perhaps this Could be a good time to bring up the silver for you, Class of ’ are a writeoff, so I’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 I can’t stress this enough: your things and your ideas and don’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...