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演讲人 Larry. Ellison 是 Oracle 的 CEO. Larry. Ellison 在耶鲁大学 2000 届毕业典礼上发表了以下世人看来最为狂妄、不受欢迎但又是现实真实状况的演讲 Graduates of Yale University ， I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before ， but I want you to do something for me. Please ， take a good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now ， consider this ： five years from now ， 10 years from now ， even 30 years from now ， odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right ， meanwhile ， will also be a loser. And you ， in the middle ？ What can you expect ？ Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude. "In fact ， as I look out before me today ， I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers. "You're upset. That's understandable. After all ， how can I ， Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison ， college dropout ， have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most prestigious institutions ？ I'll tell you why. Because I ， Lawrence "Larry" Ellison ， second richest man on the planet ， am a college dropout ， and you are not. "Because Bill Gates ， richest man on the planet —— for now ， anyway —— is a college dropout ， and you are not. "Because Paul Allen ， the third richest man on the planet ， dropped out of college ， and you did not. "And for good measure ， because Michael Dell ， No. 9 on the list and moving up fast ， is a college dropout ， and you ， yet again ， are not. "Hmm . . . you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out ， quite sincerely ， that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you ， I imagine ， have spent four to five years here ， and in many ways what you've learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. You've established good work habits. You've established a network of people that will help you down the road. And you've established what will be lifelong relationships with the word 'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth ， you will need that network. You will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy. "You will need them because you didn't drop out ， and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure ， you may ， perhaps ， work your way up to No. 10 or No. 11 ， like Steve Ballmer. But then ， I don't have to tell you who he really works for ， do I ？ And for the record ， he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer. "Finally ， I realize that many of you ， and hopefully by now most of you ， are wondering ， 'Is there anything I can do ？ Is there any hope for me at all ？ ' Actually ， no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much ， think you know too much. You're not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap ， and I'm not referring to the mortar boards on your heads. "Hmm…… you're really very upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you ， Class of '00. You are a write-off ， so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic $200 ， 000-a-year jobs ， where your checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago. "Instead ， I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you ， and I can't stress this enough ： leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't come back. Drop out. Start up. "For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me off this stage are keeping me down . . ." （ At this point The Oracle CEO was ushered off stage. ） |
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翻译 ： 耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉——如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。我想请你们为我做一件事。请你——好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。 请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者；右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样？一样是失败者。失败的经历。失败的优等生。 说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。我没有看到一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者，我只看到了一千个失败者。你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端？我来告诉你原因。因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。因为比尔。盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人——就目前而言——是个退学生，而你不是。因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人——他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。而你，不是。 ……你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。 你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。你将来需要这种'治疗'.你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve.但，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧？ 根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。 现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，'我能做什么？ 我究竟有没有前途？'当然没有。太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己懂得太多。你们再也不是19岁了。你们有了'内置'的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你们脑袋上的学位帽。 嗯……你们已经非常沮丧啦。这是可以理解的。所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦—— 绝不是为了你们，2000年毕业生。你们已经被报销，不予考虑了。我想，你们就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20万的可怜工作吧，在那里，工资单是由你两年前辍学的同班同学签字开出来的。事实上，我是寄希望于眼下还没有毕业的同学。我要对他们说，离开这里。收拾好你的东西，带着你的点子，别再回来。退学吧，开始行动。 我要告诉你，一顶帽子一套学位服必然要让你沦落……就像这些保安马上要把我从这个讲台上撵走一样必然……（此时，Larry被带离了讲台  |
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