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Thats where our nations biggest celebrities theObamas,Oprahs,Hankses, andGagas come in.
And, yes, that includes three (three!)
Choose your own virtual 2020 graduation adventure from the celebrity commencement events below.
I urge you to let this current moment push you to improve yourself in all areas of your life.
Other speakers included BTS, Bill and Melinda Gates, Condoleezza Rice, Malala Yousafzai, and Alicia Keys.
She later called on students to fight racism.
Now all of that work gets activated.
Your life is yours, Ross told graduates.
So live it that way.
You have the right to the pain.
Swarthmore College graduate Cassandra Stone and San Diego Met High School graduate Endiya Griffin also spoke.
You want to know how to succeed in the real world kids?
Im going to clue you in on Carls many, many secrets of success.
Numero uno, always wash your feet, Brutananadilewski said.
And maybe they say, Im afraid youre not a good fit for the priesthood.
And that saved my ass … That is my one secret for success.
Think of me as a fellow classmate a fellow classmate who looks like shit.
Later in the speech, he commended students for being resilient in a scary world.
Youre gonna know whats wrong.
Youre gonna see it happen before.
And youre gonna be the only thing that can change the course of the BS.
They just need a leader to do it.
In conclusion, Mike wished the graduates a good celebration.
I hope you enjoy smoking a joint with mom and drinking a beer with dad, he said.
Im an optimist, and you should be too.
If you do die tomorrow, at least you got your college degree, right?
And suppose the end of the world is happening right now.
Well, you wont miss a thing, will you?
Because there will be no more things.
You will be the last graduating class in the world.
Now thats what I call unique.
You all entered college with the election of Donald Trump.
I entered college with a similar man-made disaster, 9/11, Friedman told students.
Watching the towers fall on live TV made me not want to die in a business suit.
I know thats really fucking dark, but its why I became a comedian.
Im not joking; Im just being honest.
Life is a storm, my young graduates.
You will bask in the sunlight in one moment, and be shattered on the rocks in the next.
What defines you is what you do when that storm comes.
she told students (quotingThe Count of Monte Cristoalmost verbatim).
Then the fates will know you as we know you, as Emerson Class of 2020!
There it is: Forget about 20/20 vision, you are the Mad Dog Class of 2020!
Are you drunk … yet?
Did you shoot anyone … today?
Our gun laws make it almost impossible not to shoot loved ones.
Did you not really graduate but you havent told anyone yet?
Oh my God, I love you.
Rewrite the Bible and the Constitution.
Join a Sublime cover band.
Turns out, they dont have all the answers.
A lot of them arent even asking the right questions.
So, if the world is going to get better, its going to be up to you.
That realization may be kind of intimidating, but I hope its also inspiring.
He added, Youre going to have to grow up faster than some generations.
This is your generations world to shape.
Timothee Chalamet evenpointed viewers toward a treasure from his own high-school days.
The LeBron James Family Foundation and its I PROMISE School spearheaded the event.
A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge.
If the worlds going to get better, its going to be up to you.
Bravo, Graduates, Bravo!
She later asked, What will your essential service be?
What really matters to you?
The fact that youre alive means youve been given a reprieve to think deeply about that question.
How will you use what matters in service to yourself, your community, and the world?
This song hits differently during #Graduation2020.
This wasnt plan A, Birbiglia said on May 15.
So often, the things that you love the most were not your plan A.
Later, he added, The challenge of this moment will be what defines you for the better.
Congratulations to you, chosen ones, Hanks said for the schools May 2 ceremony.
I am calling you chosen ones because you have been chosen in many ways.
