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J.K. Rowling: Harvard Commencement (2008) "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination"

J. K. Rowling speaks at Harvard Commencement (2008): "The Importance of Failure and the imagination"

SOURCE: Harvard Magazine (2011), posted on YouTube, Duration: 20:568 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/wHGqp8lz36c

J.K. ROWLING: "The Benefits of Failure and Imagination" (English Subtitles)

At her Harvard commencement speech, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems "worth more than any qualification I ever earned."

SOURCE: English Speeches (2019), posted on YouTube, Duration: 21.20 mins, URL: https://youtu.be/kM8HJPbFnJg

Context/Background

Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE, writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, and screenwriter, best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

Transcript: "The Benefits of Failure and Imagination"