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JK Rowling’s Harvard Commencement speech. The fringe benefits of Failure
Joanne “Jo” Rowling, known as J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series ……
John Cleese’s speech at Graham Chapman’s funeral
When Graham Chapman died after a long battle agains cancer, the members of Monty Python got together for his funeral, at which John Cleese delivered a speech that, through this recording, became a classic of english wit!
Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, physician, writer, actor, and one of ……
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