Cambridge University Quotes

• Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Paris, Oxford, Intellectual

  "America Will Never Be Free Until the Last Liberal Is Strangled in the Entrails of the Last Bureaucrat". www.pearceyreport.com. November 12, 2010.

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• The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.

  William Browne

  Horse, Kings, Book

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• The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone.

  Trevor Nunn

  Winning, Parent, Lucky

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• I was able to persuade them to let me shoot in areas that were beyond the volcano itself. Beyond the joint scientific program between Cambridge University and North Korean scientists. I was able to film in a kindergarten, subway, other things you would not normally be allowed to do.

  Werner Herzog

  Volcanoes, Able, Joints

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University [Clive Oppenheimer] and we kept talking about doing a film and all of a sudden it became serious when he hinted at the possibility to film in North Korea.

  Werner Herzog

  Talking, Korea, Years

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Having little money to spend was a valuable learning experience. My schooling also shaped my work ethic because while other children were listening to the Goons, I was studying, which enabled me to go to Cambridge University.

  Eric Idle

  Children, Work Ethic, Listening

  "Eric Idle: 'The BBC paid us £2,000 a series for Monty Python’". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 10, 2016.

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• My whole life as a grammar-school boy, getting to Cambridge University and working on the 'London Sunday Times' has been very aspirational.

  Robert Lacey

  School, Sunday, Boys

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• I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard. I researched and taught at Cambridge University, was a research fellow of the Royal Society, and have more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals. I am strongly pro-science.

  Rupert Sheldrake

  Years, Peers, Research

  "Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion" by Dr Rupert Sheldrake, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2012.

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• I've been accepted at Cambridge University. I want to study Chinese history and archaeology. I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

  Lou Gerstner

  Chinese, Goes On, Want

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• You can use the Internet to find out, from anywhere on the planet: exactly how much coffee is in a certain coffee machine at Cambridge University in England; exactly how many sodas are available in certain vending machines at certain major universities; and much, much more.

  Dave Barry

  Coffee, Machines, Use

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