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The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say 'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE.  "Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family. This just has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because ..

Cuando te encuentres de camino a Ítaca,  desea que sea largo el camino,  lleno de aventuras, lleno de conocimientos.  A los Lestrigones y a los Cíclopes,  al enojado Poseidón no temas, tales en tu camino nunca encontrarás,  si mantienes tu pensamiento elevado, y selecta  emoción tu espíritu y tu cuerpo tienta.  A los Lestrigones y a los Cíclopes, al fiero Poseidón no encontrarás,  si no los llevas dentro de tu alma,  si tu alma no los coloca ante ti. Desea que sea largo el camino.  Que sean muchas las mañanas estivales  en que con qué alegría, con qué gozo  arribes a puertos nunca antes vistos,  detente en los emporios fenicios,  y adquiere mercancías preciosas,  nácares y corales, ámbar y ébano,  y perfumes sensuales de todo tipo,  cuántos más perfumes sensuales puedas,  ve a ciudades de Egipto, a muchas,  aprende y aprende de los instruidos. Ten siempre en tu mente a Ítaca.  La llegada allí es tu destino.  Pero no apresures tu viaje en absoluto.  Mejor qu

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the n