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Natalie Portman Harvard Commencement Speech 2015


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I know a famous violinist who told me that he can’t compose because he knows too many pieces.
So when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind.
Just starting out one of your biggest strengths is, not knowing how things are supposed to be.
You can compose freely because your mind isn’t cluttered with too many pieces.
And you don’t take for granted the way things are.
The only way you know how to do things is your own way.
You here will all go on to achieve great things.
There is no doubt about that.
If your reasons are your own, your path, even if it’s a strange and clumsy path, will be wholly yours, and you will control the rewards of what you do by making your internal life fulfilling.
At the risk of sounding like a Miss America contestant, the most fulfilling things I’ve experienced have truly been the human interactions: