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I think I'm influenced by events

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and the event that I wanted to
share was that,

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and this was back
when I was in graduate school,

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so we're talking about 1971, 1972.

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A neighbor had left a note

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on our back door

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saying that

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she couldn't feed her kids,

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would we help her out?

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I still have that note

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today.

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We keep that note in our kitchen cabinet,

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where she asked if she could

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borrow a few dollars
because her kids had not eaten that day.

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She promised she would pay Keith back
when she got her paycheck.

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And so we keep it in a cabinet
that we open every day,

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just as a reminder
of the importance of philanthropy.

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When we think about the Monda Student
Resource Center,

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we think about a place

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where people can come together.

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No judgment.

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No judgment.

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No judgment,
which is incredibly important.

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It's
not that you didn't do something right.

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It's not that you're not good enough.

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Circumstances didn't work for you.

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We're going to put you in a place
where you can succeed.

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For us,
it's all about leveling the playing field,

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making sure that everybody

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gets the opportunity to be successful

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independent of how they define success.

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And so that has been a guiding principle
in

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a lot of our philanthropy.
I really get jazzed up by,

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you know, trying to make a difference.

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I mean, that's why I retired,
I retired to do this.

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And it's been wonderful.

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You know, I don't
I don't regret any of it.

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I just wish I could, you know,
a lot of times you wish you could do more.

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It was clearly the right decision for me.

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And I really am a big believer
in paying it forward.

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And this was just the perfect opportunity
for me, for the rest

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of my life to pay it forward.