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Even when my childhood was filled with some of her brutal pragmatism,
盡管我的童年充滿了她那種殘酷的實用主義思想，
she always gave us a tremendous amount of love and encouragement.
但她總是給予我們莫大的愛和鼓勵。
And what mattered most to me were the words she spoke nearly every day when she said: "Mellody, you can be or do anything."
對我影響最大的是她幾乎每天都對我說的那句話：“麥勒迪，你可以做任何事，成為任何人。”
And it was because of those words that I would love school more than anything.
正是因為這句話，我對學校的熱愛甚于其他任何事物。
I wake up at the crack of dawn; I still do, to study.
天剛亮我就起床學習，到現在也是這如此。
And it was because of those words that I dreamed the biggest dreams.
就是因為她的這句話，我才有了最大的夢想。
And I hope you have your family's support as you pursue your passions and dream your own dreams.
在你們追隨激情、追逐夢想時，我希望你們能得到家人的支持。
You might need bravery also to push past some of the stereotypes that come with our culture and where we live.
你們可能還需要勇氣來打破我們文化和生活中的條條框框。
When I was a little girl taking public transportation to school,
我小時候坐公交去上學時，
I can bet not too many people were sitting on the bus saying,
我敢說沒有多少人會坐在公交車上說：
"There goes the future president of an investment management firm with nearly eleven billion dollars in assets under management."
“那就是將管理近110億美元資產的投資管理公司的總裁。”
They might have thought that if they had spent five minutes talking to me,
他們可能想過花上五分鐘跟我說說話，
but I don't think they had those ideas and their expectations didn't run that high from afar.
但我不認為他們有過這些想法，他們的期望沒有那么高。
So, I hope we can be better at judging people not on their assumptions and appearances,
所以，我希望我們可以更好地評價別人，不是根據他們的言論和外表，
but on their achievements and on their actions.
而是根據他們的成就和行動。
And here's how we can do that:
我們可以這樣做：
Just how I told you that you can be or do anything, I want you to believe that that's true of anyone and everyone.
就像我說過的，你可以做任何事，成為任何人，我想讓你們相信，這句話對任何人、對所有人都適用。
