Cinders (in the red sweatshirt) volunteering at a preschool in Vietnam with classmates
Inspiring words often do little in the long run to spur anyone into action, because we forget about them, surrounded as we are by such extravagant distractions like television, iPods, and the Internet. So this article asks you to fight the urge to ignore that voice inside your head when you hear inspirational speeches or quotes and stop just talking about things. Go out and do something.
I heard the great legend, Quincy Jones, speak today at the 2008 commencement exercises for the University of Washington. While intrigued that such an influential person would be speaking at my brother's graduation,...
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