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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses before he delivers the commencement address for the 2012 graduating class at Barnard College in New York May 14, 2012.LARRY DOWNING

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Go forth and do great things.

That's the theme of most of the commencement speeches we've had when graduating (though there are exceptions).

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