You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
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Today you are you! That is truer than true!
Interpretation
Embrace your individuality and authenticity.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself and celebrating one's unique identity. Dr. Seuss reminds us that there is no one else quite like us, and our individuality is a powerful truth that should be acknowledged and cherished.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire students to embrace their true selves.
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
How true, how true" said the Sour Kangaroo, "And from now on, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going to protect them with you!" And the Young Kangaroo in her pouch said "Me too!
If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.
When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Not knowing it was hard; knowing it was harder
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody's interested in somebody who's just vain with a hole in their head, talking about the latest thing - there is no latest thing. It's all rubbish.
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.
To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says.
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