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 Circuit A: Lord of the Rings

• “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door." - Gandalf

• "Why was I chosen? Such questions cannot be answered." - Gandalf

• "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf

• "Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life." - Gandalf

• "I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone." - Arwen

• "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - Bilbo Baggins

• "We must move on, we cannot linger." - Legolas

• "Are we lost?" - Pippin

  "No." - Merry

  "I think we are." - Pippin 

• "What are we holding onto, Sam?" - Frodo

  "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo and it's worth fighting for." - Sam

• "I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales."- Sam

• "Don't look down, Sam, just keep going!" - Frodo

• "Talking trees. What do trees have to talk about, hmm…except the consistency of squirrel droppings?" - Gimli

• "The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them." - Eowyn

• "I fear neither death nor pain." - Eowyn

  "What do you fear, my lady?" - Aragorn

  “A cage." - Eowyn

• "War will make corpses of us all." - Faramir

• "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf." - Gimli

  "What about side by side with a friend?" - Legolas

• "End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take." - Gandalf

• "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?" - Gimli

• "I will not say "Do not weep," for not all tears are an evil. - Gandalf

Circuit B: Peter Drucker Quotes

• "The best way to predict the future is to create it."

• "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."

• "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

• "The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."

• "The purpose of a business is to create a customer."

• "Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes."

• "Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."

• "If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old."

• "Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."

• "No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it."

• "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I.'"

• "What is measured, improves."

• "Business has only two functions - marketing and innovations."

• "Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

• "People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."

• "Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems."

• "The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question."

• “People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.”

• “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”

• “Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.”

Circuit C: Vine Quotes

(Note: These topics are extremely difficult. They were prepared with highly advanced students in mind.)

• "AHH! Stahhp. I coulda’ dropped my croissant."

• "Road work ahead? Uh yea, I sure hope it does."

• "Happy crimus…"

  "It's crismun…"

  "Merry crisis"

  “Merry Chrysler"

• "Hurricane Katrina? More like Hurricane Tortilla."

• "Get to Del Taco. They got a new thing called Freesha--Free--Freshavacado."

• "What's better than this? Guys bein dudes."

• "WHAT ARE THOSEEEE?"

  "THEY are my crocs!"

• "Can I get a waffle? Can I please get a waffle?

• "Say Colorado."

  "I'm a GIRAFFE!"

• "All I wanna tell you is school's not important. Be whatever you wanna be. If you wanna be a dog…RUFF. You know?

• "What's 9+10?"

  "21."

• "Hey, did you happen to go to class last week?"

  "I have never missed a class." 

• "Oh hi, thanks for checking in; I'm still a piece of garrrbaaaggggge."

• "Lipstick? In my Valentino white bag?!"

• "Country boy, I love you…bleh.”

• "It's Wednesday, my dudes."

• "I don't have enough money for chicken nuggets.”