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TheFringeBenefitsofFailure,andtheImportanceofImaginationJ.K.ROWLING,authorofthebest-sellingHarryPotterbookseries,deliversherCommencementAddress,“TheFringeBenefitsofFailure,andtheImportanceofImagination,”attheAnnualMeetingoftheHarvardAlumniAssociation.Formore0nthe2008CommencementExercises,readHYPERLINK"http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/university-magic-html""UniversityMagic."Textasdeliveredfollows.CopyrightofJKRowling,June2008PresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,proudparents,and,aboveall,graduates.ThefirstthingIwouldliketosayis'thankyou.'NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextraordinaryhonor,buttheweeksoffearandnauseaIhaveenduredatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awin-winsituation!NowallIhavetodoistakedeepbreaths,squintattheredbannersandconvincemyselfthatIamattheworld'slargestGryffindorreunion.Deliveringacommencementaddressisagreatresponsibility;orsoIthoughtuntilIcastmymindbacktomyowngraduation.ThecommencementspeakerthatdaywasthedistinguishedBritishphilosopherBaronessMaryWarnock.Reflectingonherspeechhashelpedmeenormouslyinwritingthisone,becauseitturnsoutthatIcan'trememberasinglewordshesaid.ThisliberatingdiscoveryenablesmetoproceedwithoutanyfearthatImightinadvertentlyinfluenceyoutoabandonpromisingcareersinbusiness,thelaworpoliticsforthegiddydelightsofbecomingagaywizard.Yousee?Ifallyourememberinyearstocomeisthe'gaywizard'joke,I'vecomeoutaheadofBaronessMaryWarnock.Achievablegoals:thefirststeptoself-improvement.Actually,IhavewrackedmymindandheartforwhatIoughttosaytoyoutoday.IhaveaskedmyselfwhatIwishIhadknownatmyowngraduation,andwhatimportantlessonsIhavelearnedinthe21yearsthathaveexpiredbetweenthatdayandthis.Ihavecomeupwithtwoanswers.Onthiswonderfuldaywhenwearegatheredtogethertocelebrateyouracademicsuccess,Ihavedecidedtotalktoyouaboutthebenefitsoffailure.Andasyoustandonthethresholdofwhatissometimescalled'reallife',Iwanttoextolthecrucialimportanceofimagination.Thesemayseemquixoticorparadoxic
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