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the greatest graduation speeches of all time. There have been some fantastic commencement

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Welcome to the graduation speech of Maria Bamford who's an actress and this is at the University

of Minnesota in 2017.

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, hello, I completed my degree here in creative writing in 1993

and I hope the following words reflect that education. I am honored to be here. Thank

you for listening. Let me begin by talking about the elephant in the room at a liberal

arts graduation ceremony. That is money. As a Minnesota, I'm ashamed to admit that I

love money. I love a fair exchange of goods and services. I love to buy things. I love

to get paid. Also perhaps, unlike most people of Norwegian heritage, I love full disclosure.

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