Video - The wisest person I ever met in my life part one

Video - The wisest person I ever met in my life part one

by Waine Evans

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What's the missing articles?

___ wisest person I ever met in my life, ___ third-grade dropout. Wisest and dropout in the same sentence is rather oxymoronic, like jumbo shrimp.

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Like Fun Run, ain ’t nothing fun about it, like Microsoft Works. You all don’t hear me. I used __ say like country music, but I’ve lived __ Texas so long, I love country music now.

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I ______, I _______. I have cowboy boots and cowboy … You all, I’m a black neck redneck. Do you hear what I’m saying to you?

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What's the missing word?

No longer oxymoronic ___ me to say country music, and it’s not oxymoronic ___ me to say third grade and dropout.

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What's the missing preporsitions?

That third grade dropout, the wisest person I ever met __ my life, who taught me __ combine knowledge and wisdom __ make an impact, was my father, a simple cook, wisest man I ever met __ my life, just a simple cook,

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Name the person who said the quote in red.

left school in the third grade to help out on the family farm, but just because he left school doesn’t mean his education stopped. ______ ______ once said, “I’ve never allowed my schooling to get in the way of my education.”

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My father _________ himself how to read, _______ himself how to write, decided in the midst of Jim Crowism, as America was breathing the last gasp of the Civil War, my father decided he was going to stand and be a man, not a black man, not a brown man, not a white man, but a man. He literally challenged himself to be the best that he could all the days of his life.

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I have four degrees. My brother is a ________. We’re not the smartest ones in our family. It’s a third-grade dropout daddy, a third-grade dropout daddy

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What's the missing word?

who was __________ Michelangelo, saying to us boys, “I won’t have a problem if you aim high and miss, but I’m gonna have a real issue if you aim low and hit.”

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What's the missing articles?

___ country mother quoting Henry Ford, saying, “If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you’re right.” I learned that from ___ third-grade drop. Simple lessons, lessons like these. “Son, you’d rather be ___ hour early than a minute late.”

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We never knew what time it was __ my house because the clocks were always ahead. My mother said, for nearly 30 years, my father left the house __ 3:45 __ the morning, one day, she asked him, “Why, Daddy?” He said, “Maybe one of my boys will catch me __ the act of excellence.”

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What's the missing word?

I want to share a few things with you. Aristotle said, “You are what you repeatedly do.” Therefore, excellence _____ to be a habit, not an act. Don’t ever forget that. I know you’re tough, but always remember to be kind, always. Don’t ever forget that.

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What's the missing word?

________ embarrass Mama. Mm-hmm (affirmative). If Mama ain ‘t happy, ain ‘t nobody happy. If Daddy ain ‘t happy, don’t nobody care, but I’m going to tell you.

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Next lesson, lesson from a cook over there in the galley. “Son, make sure your servant’s towel is bigger than your ego.” Ego is the anaesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. You all might have a relative in mind you want to send that to. Let me say it again. Ego is the anaesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. Pride is the burden of a _________ person.

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What's the missing article?

John Wooden coached basketball at UCLA for a living, but his calling was to impact people, and with all those national championships, guess what he was found doing in the middle of ____ week? Going into ____ cupboard, grabbing a broom, and sweeping his own gym floor.

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You want to make an impact? Find your broom. Every day of your life, you find your broom. You _______ your influence that way. That way, you’re attracting people so that you can impact them.

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_________ lesson. “Son, if you’re going to do a job, do it right.” I’ve always been told how average I can be, always been criticized about being average, but I want to tell you something.

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I stand here before you, before all of these people, not listening to those words, but _________ myself every single day to shoot for the stars, to be the best that I can be.

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Good enough isn’t good enough if it can be better, and better isn’t good enough if it can be ________.

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Let me close with a very personal story that I think will bring all this into focus. Wisdom will come to you __ the unlikeliest __ sources, a lot __ times through failure.

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Find the missing word?

When you ______ rock bottom, remember this. While you’re struggling, rock bottom can also be a great foundation on which to build and on which to grow. I’m not worried that you’ll be successful. I’m worried that you won’t fail from time to time.

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Find the missing word?

The person that _____ up off the canvas and keeps growing, that’s the person that will continue to grow their influence.

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