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Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.)
#21806604 - 06/14/15 01:54 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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One time I went and listened to former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, speak at Wayne State University in Detroit. It was beautiful. He had some radical ideas (open borders, shared currency, etc.) but he was such a powerful figure and gave a captivating speech. He was an amazing speaker in my opinion, wish I could find the speech somewhere.
I also went to listen to the guy based on Will Smith's movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. He basically recapped his life. He was charismatic and inspirational too but I wasn't as moved as listening to Vicente Fox.
Ever listened to someone like this? Maybe a pastor? Public figure? Went to a Ted Talk? Heard a professor give a good public lecture?
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Confucian]
#21806648 - 06/14/15 02:10 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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That would suck if we opened the borders to Mexico. The last thing we need is a bunch of psychopathic cartel members raiding the US and stealing people's livers.
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Sheekle]
#21806650 - 06/14/15 02:11 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I haven't seen all too many inspirational speeches in person though.
One time I was on 4-aco-DMT and was watching the Adam Sandler movie "Big Daddy", and the little speech he gave in the courthouse seemed extremely profound and inspirational at the time.
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Sheekle]
#21806686 - 06/14/15 02:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw Cornell West speak at my university last year, and it was disappointing. I felt like it was scripted ra-ra and took next to nothing away from it.
I also saw Wade Davis (A hero of mine, although probably not widely known in contemporary culture) - I was hanging off every word. So personable and knowledgable and real - best story teller i know of.
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: PDU]
#21806718 - 06/14/15 02:39 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw Bill Clinton speak on the quad at Georgetown a few days before his inauguration. I also attended the Reagan's inauguration but that doesn't count in the threads context.
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: koods]
#21806732 - 06/14/15 02:43 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Carl Sagan and Julian Jaynes
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Confucian]
#21806753 - 06/14/15 02:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Confucian said: Ever listened to someone like this?
I went to one of those Herbalife things once because someone I knew insisted on it, the founder of the company was there and he was selling the same sort of horse shit that Vincente Fox was trying to sell
it all reminds me of these Tedx talks that everyone decided to post here and on facebook, overall most are pretty good in the fact that they are trying to convey some great ideas but then there are those that are dogshit and it drags the credibility of all the tedx videos down
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Prisoner#1]
#21806951 - 06/14/15 03:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw mother fuckin' Jesse Jackson at OSU campus Gill Coloseum when I was on a 6th grade(1986-87) field trip. He was running for president.
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#21807001 - 06/14/15 04:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw Stephen Harper, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Queen Elizabeth, Donald Trump, Barack Obama,
I think that's it...
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#21807006 - 06/14/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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passifloracaerulea said: I saw mother fuckin' Jesse Jackson at OSU campus Gill Coloseum when I was on a 6th grade(1986-87) field trip. He was running for president.
imagine what atlanta was like when jackson ran for president, there was a restaurant with his face plastered all over the side, a huge mural
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Confucian]
#21807013 - 06/14/15 04:11 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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No, but I was very lucky to see Mitch Hedberg on stage shortly before he passed. R.I.P. Mitch
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Re: Have you ever attended a lecture by a charismatic figure (President, Professor, Famous Person, etc.) [Re: Confucian]
#21807181 - 06/14/15 04:57 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Several bUt they were most from regular civilians, always very inspirational regardless. U find people like that In everyday life.
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