In the grand scheme of life it isn't remotely important, but everyone I speak to around the world is excited to find out we have this one thing in common.
When I speak on campuses around the country, young people tell me there is no point in voting or getting involved because big money controls Washington.
A final point: When I speak with workers around the world in garment and other export industries, they don't tell me "Yankee, go home, we are just grateful to have work," as Mr. Kristof would suggest they should.
But today, I speak to Muslims around the world and I take part, even in the United States, in the Muslim world...
"I like to walk around when I speak," he said.
When I go around and I speak at clinics, that's the one thing I stress to parents and coaches: let the kids have fun.
I speak to graduates daily and around 90% of them dedicate one line of their CV to their degree, yet have five lines about their job in a pub.
As a volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I speak to people from around the world, including France.
As secretary general of the United Nations, I speak to many students around the world while travelling and always echo President Kennedy's message from that day.
"In most cases, they're pretty hard-nosed commercial people but at the same time the Chinese clients that I speak to are sensitive around whether or not they feel welcomed, whether or not they feel as though they can actually not only buy the asset but then operate in the community," he says.
