A fifteen year old with ADD, performing stand-up comedy, getting a job as a janitor, and dropping out of school just to support his family. A young boy with an intellect that became well known but with depression beyond no other. Both of these famous individuals started from nowhere, and are now everywhere including two life changing commencements. Many colleges have their valedictorian, a school administrator, or even a teacher address the graduates however, both Maharishi University of Management and Kenyon College, have brought in these two distinguished men. On May 21, 2005, Kenyon College brought in the cognitive David Foster Wallace, while Maharishi University a tad bit later hosted the hilarious and outstanding actor Jim Carrey in 2014
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Like most kids, Carrey was just a young boy with a normal family and a mostly normal life. He was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada and moved to Toronto to pursue his own dream. He began doing stand up comedy at the age of 15 and soon was doing opening acts for two aspiring comedians Buddy Hackett and Rodney Dangerfield. Eventually, Carrey moved to Hollywood to keep pursuing this dream and soon enough, he was noticed and starred in his first rise to fame, Living Color. From then, Carrey was starred in countless movies such as The Truman Show, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey is now known as one of the most successful and highest paid actors in Hollywood, a Golden Globe winner and an incredible man whose success only teaches how life can go anywhere and can get you anywhere.
Jim Carrey, in general, is a very comedic man who strikes emotion in any audience whether it is humor, sadness, or even anger. Right at the beginning of his speech, he states exactly what his goal is for the graduates to take from his speech. This goal was “to inspire” the graduates “to move forward in life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of
Like most kids, Carrey was just a young boy with a normal family and a mostly normal life. He was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada and moved to Toronto to pursue his own dream. He began doing stand up comedy at the age of 15 and soon was doing opening acts for two aspiring comedians Buddy Hackett and Rodney Dangerfield. Eventually, Carrey moved to Hollywood to keep pursuing this dream and soon enough, he was noticed and starred in his first rise to fame, Living Color. From then, Carrey was starred in countless movies such as The Truman Show, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey is now known as one of the most successful and highest paid actors in Hollywood, a Golden Globe winner and an incredible man whose success only teaches how life can go anywhere and can get you anywhere.
Jim Carrey, in general, is a very comedic man who strikes emotion in any audience whether it is humor, sadness, or even anger. Right at the beginning of his speech, he states exactly what his goal is for the graduates to take from his speech. This goal was “to inspire” the graduates “to move forward in life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of