Bill_Gates_2007_Harvard_Commencement_S.doc

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1、Bill Gates 2007 Harvard Commencement Speech(2007-08-0719:55:35)PresidentBok,formerPresidentRudenstine,incomingPresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,parents,andespecially,thegraduates:I’vebeenwaitingmorethan30years

2、tosaythis:“Dad,IalwaystoldyouI’dcomebackandgetmydegree.”IwanttothankHarvardforthistimelyhonor.I’llbechangingmyjobnextyear…anditwillbenicetofinallyhaveacollegedegreeonmyresume.Iapplaudthegraduatestodayfortakingamuchmoredirectroutetoyourdegrees.Formypart,I’mjusthap

3、pythattheCrimsonhascalledme“Harvard’smostsuccessfuldropout.”Iguessthatmakesmevaledictorianofmyownspecialclass…Ididthebestofeveryonewhofailed.ButIalsowanttoberecognizedastheguywhogotSteveBallmertodropoutofbusinessschool.I’mabadinfluence.That’swhyIwasinvitedtospeak

4、atyourgraduation.IfIhadspokenatyourorientation,fewerofyoumightbeheretoday.Harvardwasjustaphenomenalexperienceforme.Academiclifewasfascinating.IusedtositinonlotsofclassesIhadn’tevensignedupfor.Anddormlifewasterrific.IlivedupatRadcliffe,inCurrierHouse.Therewerealwa

5、yslotsofpeopleinmydormroomlateatnightdiscussingthings,becauseeveryoneknewIdidn’tworryaboutgettingupinthemorning.That’showIcametobetheleaderoftheanti-socialgroup.Weclungtoeachotherasawayofvalidatingourrejectionofallthosesocialpeople.Radcliffewasagreatplacetolive.T

6、hereweremorewomenupthere,andmostoftheguyswerescience-mathtypes.Thatcombinationofferedmethebestodds,ifyouknowwhatImean.ThisiswhereIlearnedthesadlessonthatimprovingyouroddsdoesn’tguaranteesuccess.OneofmybiggestmemoriesofHarvardcameinJanuary1975,whenImadeacallfromCu

7、rrierHousetoacompanyinAlbuquerquethathadbegunmakingtheworld’sfirstpersonalcomputers.Iofferedtosellthemsoftware.IworriedthattheywouldrealizeIwasjustastudentinadormandhanguponme.Insteadtheysaid:“We’renotquiteready,comeseeusinamonth,”whichwasagoodthing,becausewehadn

8、’twrittenthesoftwareyet.Fromthatmoment,Iworkeddayandnightonthislittleextracreditprojectthatmarkedtheendofmycollegeeducationandthebeginningofaremarkablejourneyw

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