My Father - Jim Carrey (commencement speech, MUM 2017)

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My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant, and when I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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slowtyper237 4 years, 9 months ago
And hopefully it will love you back.

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