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Every year, colleges in United States invite notable people to their graduation ceremony to give a speech to newly graduating students. It's an opportunity for the speakers to give a last lesson and share their experience and advice to the students who will follow their own path through their personal and professional lives.

Every year, people from various backgrounds are invited to deliver inspiring speeches to graduating students: politicians, business, media, sports, philantropists... Steve Job's commencement address at Stanford University in 2005 is probably the most well-known of them. This year is no exception and big names include Bill Gates and Melinda Gates delivering a speech to Stanford undergrads, Barack Obama at UC Irvine, Sandra Bullock made a surprise appearance at the Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans...

Steve Ballmer, recently retired from Microsoft and newly owner of the LA Clippers , was energetic as usual and said to University of Washington's students : « I have two thoughts for you : One. Touchdown Washington and two, Go Dawgs ! (...) Opportunity ! Opportunity ! Opportunity ! It awaits you. » In reference to its famous « developers, developers, developers » catchphrase during its time at Microsoft.

Here is the list of 2014 Commencement speeches. Which one inspire you ?