I'm not very good at giving advice. We all know that's Bill O'Reilly's job and he does it very well. I actually googled graduation speeches to see what kind of advice other people give at these kind of things, and believe me, they are incredibly cheesy. Goldie Hawn told graduates at AU, and I quote, "While you are continuing to walk down that sometimes bumpy road of life, develop the art of laughter and joy. Keep in your backpack of treasures the whole you, the best you, the you that wont't fear failure." Yeah, think about it. Think about it. Backpack of treasures. Very true. Yoko Ono gave a commencement speeck (she didn't sing it, she actually talked at it.) She said:"I say you can't stand if you've got too much muck in your head. Let it go, and dance through life." So true, so much muck, you know? Muck is a big problem. Of course, it's easier to dance through life if you have a billion dollars, but I digress.
我并不擅長給建議。我們大家都知道，提建議是比爾·奧雷利（“脫口秀”主持人）的工作，而且他做得很棒。事實上，我在谷歌上面搜索了畢業演講，看看別人都在畢業演講上提過什么樣的建議，相信我，這些建議都是非常好的。在此我引用戈爾迪·霍恩在美國大學畢業典禮上的一句話：“人生之路難免坎坷，所以要學會歡笑和愉悅的藝術。把完整的你、最優秀的和你不懼失敗的你都珍藏在行囊中吧！”是的，想想看，好好想想這句話。用珍貴的事物裝滿行囊。說得太好了。小野洋子在某一大學的畢業演講中說道（她是說的，不是唱的），“當你的頭腦中充斥著太多雜念時，你將變得無法承受。清除那些雜念，隨著生活輕舞吧！”說得太好了！有太多雜念，你們知道嗎？雜念是個大問題。當然，如果你有10億美元的話，也許更容易讓生活輕舞飛揚。但這樣說似乎有點跑題了。
Since my mom gave me advice from television, I'm actually going to give you advice from a movie, because that's the best I could come up with, frankly. It's one of my favorite movies:"Lawrence of Arabia." It's a cool movie, I know. There's a line in it where Lawrence says, "Nothing is written." And for you, I think, on this day, at this moment in your lives, I think that is especially true. Nothing is written.You've been taught how to write for yourselves. This weekend, the slate is wiped clean. There are no words that you have to use. There are no sentences you must complete. You stand before a field of freshly fallen snow; there are no footprints that you have to follow. Nothing is written. And I hope you know that it is truly a rare and wonderful place to be. Congratulations, Class of 2006. You deserve it.
既然母親給我的建議是從電視上學來的，我也打算給你們一個我從電影中學來的建議，因為坦率地說，這是我能想到的最好的建議。那是我最喜歡的電影之一——《阿拉伯的勞倫斯》中的一句話。我知道這是很棒的一部電影。電影中勞倫斯說了一句：“沒有什么是注定的。”我想，對你們來說，在這個特殊的日子，在生命中的這一時刻，這句話顯得尤為貼切。沒有什么是注定的。你們已經學會了如何譜寫自己的人生。這個周末，一切將一筆勾銷。沒有必須要使用的言辭，沒有必須要完成的句子，你們站在一片剛剛落滿雪的曠野，前方沒有必須要追隨的足跡。沒有什么是注定的。我希望你們將走向一個罕見而美麗的地方。祝賀你們，2006屆的畢業生們！你們值得擁有這一切！
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