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Henry Winkler’s Emerson Commencement Speech Is One of the Best We’ve Ever Heard

JL;DR SUMMARY Henry Winkler delivered a memorable commencement speech at Emerson College, blending humor and heartfelt advice. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GratitudeCreativityEmpathyJewish WisdomHollywood CareerEmerson CollegeHenry WinklerCommencement SpeechDyslexiaTenacity

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"In a recent commencement speech at his alma mater, Emerson College, Jewish Happy Days and Barry star Henry Winkler reminded the audience that he was in the bottom 3% of people academically."
Connecticut, United States
"He graduated in 1967 and went on to Yale drama school."
Germany
"He then went on to joke about his own Jewish father, who brought his family and his family business to the U.S. from Germany in 1939, narrowly escaping the Holocaust, during which Winkler lost many of his Jewish relatives."

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