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Ellen DeGeneres to Tulane University's Class of 2009:
"As you grow, you’ll realize the definition of success changes. For many of you, today success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not, to live your life as an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way.
So, to conclude my conclusion, follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that. Don’t give advice. It will come back and bite you in the ass. Don’t take anyone’s advice. So, my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine."
"As you grow, you’ll realize the definition of success changes. For many of you, today success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not, to live your life as an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way.
So, to conclude my conclusion, follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that. Don’t give advice. It will come back and bite you in the ass. Don’t take anyone’s advice. So, my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine."
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