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‘Appetite for Ambition’, speech at the Opening of the Academic Year 2013-2014 at Eindhoven University of Technology
Ladies – fortunately once again I see more of you than the previous year – and gentlemen, students and staff, I want to thank you very much for your invitation. I received your invitation as many as six months ago, which goes to show the high ambitions and careful preparation for this very special day,…
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What do you want to be? Tempus fugit, time flies
When I was admitted into the University of Amsterdam at the age of twenty, without a high school diploma, it opened my eyes to a whole new world. Finally the moment had come to enter college, to go do what pretty much everyone says will tame your wild spirit, where you’ll end up with ten…