"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."
"My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant. 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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Source: Jim Carrey's inspiring commencement speech by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2014.
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