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\u201cHere\u2019s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: be fair with others, but then keep after them until they\u2019re fair with you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Alan Alda<\/strong>, American actor, author & director<\/p>\n

“62nd Commencement Address” (1 June 1980) Connecticut College, London, CT; transcript online via Connecticut College, Paper 7, p. 2,\u00a0https:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to the 1980 graduating class of Connecticut College. Alda\u2019s daughter, Eve, was one of the students receiving a degree.]\n

\u201cI want to tell you things that will see you through. I have this helpless urge to pass on maxims to you. But we live in new times. Strange times. Even the Golden Rule doesn\u2019t seem adequate to pass on to a daughter. There should be something added to it. You know how I love amendments. You knew I wanted to amend the Constitution, but you probably didn\u2019t know I wanted to amend the Golden Rule as well. Here\u2019s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others but then keep after them until they\u2019re fair with you.<\/span>\u201d (p. 2)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf630c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201c62nd Commencement Speech, 1980\u201d (June 1980) online via Connecticut College: http:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu\/commence\/7\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc0c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Alan Alda<\/strong>, American actor, author & director<\/p>\n

“62nd Commencement Address” (1 June 1980) Connecticut College, London, CT; transcript online via Connecticut College, Paper 7, p. 2,\u00a0https:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misattribution” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c810c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

Misattribution note<\/em><\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Alan Alda’s “Your assumptions are your windows on the world<\/span>” quote is frequently misattributed to author & biochemistry professor\u00a0Isaac Asimov<\/strong><\/span>. The words are original to Alda – we could find no record of Asimov sharing this idea (or a similar phrase) in any of his writing, interviews, or other materials.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e620c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to the 1980 graduating class of Connecticut College. Alda\u2019s daughter, Eve, was one of the students receiving a degree.]\n

\u201cIf we can make distinctions, we can be tolerant, and we can get to the heart of our problems instead of wrestling endlessly with their gross exteriors. And once you make a habit of making distinctions, you\u2019ll begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won\u2019t come in.<\/span> If you challenge your own, you won\u2019t be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others.\u201d (pp. 2-3)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c0c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 “62nd Commencement Speech, 1980″ (June 1980) online via Connecticut College: http:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu\/commence\/7\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e0c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cYou have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition\u2026what you\u2019ll discover will be wonderful. What you\u2019ll discover will be yourself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Alan Alda<\/strong>, American actor, author & director<\/p>\n

“62nd Commencement Address” (1 June 1980) Connecticut College, London, CT; transcript online via Connecticut College, Paper 7, p. 2,\u00a0https:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf0c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to the 1980 graduating class of Connecticut College. Alda\u2019s daughter, Eve, was one of the students receiving a degree.]\n

\u201cHave the nerve to go into unexplored territory. Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. It is not the previously known. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.<\/span> You can\u2019t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you\u2019re doing, but what you\u2019ll discover will be wonderful. What you\u2019ll discover will be yourself.<\/span>\u201d (p. 5)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e00c56-4197″][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0“62nd Commencement Speech, 1980″ (June 1980) online via Connecticut College: http:\/\/digitalcommons.conncoll.edu\/commence\/7\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Alan Alda<\/strong><\/span> | Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n