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"Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson delivered Wake Forest University's commencement address on Monday morning, her first public remarks since she was abruptly fired last Wednesday.\nAbramson had been scheduled to be the graduation speaker well before her dismissal from the Times, but her speech will now be picked over by the media world for any clues she may have given about the events of the last week. She made one thing clear: She will not be removing the tattoo on her back of the Times' \"T\" logo.\nThe speech was arranged with the help of Bloomberg View columnist Al Hunt, a trustee and alumnus of Wake Forest who is also a friend and former colleague of Abramson. Hunt introduced Abramson at the commencement. \n\"He was instrumental in making this happen for us,\" said Wake Forest spokesperson Katherine Neal.\nA roundup of Twitter reaction and quotes...\n\nHave been friends more than 40 years with @JillAbramson; never prouder of that than this morning. \"Courage is grace under pressure.\"\n\u2014 Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) May 19, 2014\n\n\nWe all know this funny, smart, knowing Jill. I miss her. It is terrible that it ended this way.\n\u2014 Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) May 19, 2014\n\n\n@JohnJHarwood @jpodhoretz Abramson's egomaniacal speech will leave these graduates unsure if they should reach for the stars.\n\u2014 Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 19, 2014\n\n\nBRAVO Jill Abramson. With dignity, humour &amp; feeling you showed Wake Forest grads how to adopt resilience in face of 'soul-scorching loss.'\n\u2014 Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) May 19, 2014\n\n\nJill Abramson gets a standing ovation from Wake Forest students after finishing her commencement speech pic.twitter.com/LFJINdIHpf\n\u2014 Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) May 19, 2014\n\n\nJill Abramson\u2019s final advice to Wake Forest grads: \"Get on with your knitting.\u201D pic.twitter.com/PwWqzYQ9Rf\n\u2014 Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 19, 2014\n\n\nAbramson closes with Robert Frost quote: he describes life after graduation as \"pieces of knitting to go on with.\" #wfugrad\n\u2014 Stephanie Lamm (@slamm_5) May 19, 2014\n\n\nJill tells grads: \"What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.\"\n\u2014 Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) May 19, 2014\n\n\nAbramson: \"Losing a job you love hurts\u2026But this is work I will remain very much a part of.\" pic.twitter.com/wrKH8DVTDc\n\u2014 Megan Hess (@mhess4) May 19, 2014\n\n\n\"Not a chance\" Abramson says about getting her New York Times \"T\" tattoo removed.\n\u2014 Jason Abbruzzese (@JasonAbbruzzese) May 19, 2014\n\n\nAbramson tells grads to \"show them what you're made of\" after \"the sting of losing\" \"getting dumped\" &amp; \"being rejected\"\n\u2014 Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) May 19, 2014\n\n\nSmiling @JillAbramson just walked past assembled graduates, and press, at @WakeForest1834 http://t.co/56UwqiNFOg pic.twitter.com/iDBw90xqpY\n\u2014 Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) May 19, 2014\n\n\nJill Abramson's speech today is titled \"The Importance of a Truly Free Press\". #WFU #commencement pic.twitter.com/gozfdFC6aY\n\u2014 Craig Marimpietri (@News_Craig) May 19, 2014\n\n\nLots of media here early to cover graduation of the stellar #wfugrad class of 2014 pic.twitter.com/oSYnY4u2YX\n\u2014 Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 19, 2014\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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