奥斯卡影帝丹泽尔·华盛顿在以黑人学生为主的迪拉德大学（DillardUniversity）毕业典礼上演讲时，现场鼓励毕业生说，今天是你们生命中的一个新的开始，可能对你们来说有点可怕，外面有一个全新的世界，而且意味深长。

你的生命只有一次，所以去做那些能让你为之感到热情的事。把握住机会，更加进深变得专业，不要担心会失败。有一个老的智商9点测试，你需要用笔画出5（实际为4）条线来连接起这9个点，同时笔迹不能中断。唯一能办到方法是：画到正方形之外。所以不要担心走到方框之外，不要害怕去想方框之外的事。

不要害怕遇到很大的失败，要怀抱更大的梦想。但是请记住：梦想如果没有目标，就只是梦想而已，最终会被失落感所熄灭。

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