Maybe this city has a heart. Regardless.
Always thought being asked to give a commencement speech is such an awesome honor. Well done, Neil.
The University of the Arts Commencement speech, now with subtitles in English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Edit to add: And Russian.
NEW YORK
Full of Ego and Misplaced Ambition.
It must also mingle fact with fiction, kindle hopes and dash them, lead false trails, perform narrative twists and turns, and proceed by stealth. Above all, the face must lie too. Any tall story, however in elaborately constructed, can be blown apart by the wrong with facial expressions. An ill-timed twitch of the eyebrow, a hesitant flicker of the eye, and the cleverly woven tissue of lies is reduced to tatters.
—Captain Bluebear





