College Quotes - Page 20

• Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.

  Sherrod Brown

  Years, Broken, Promise

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• It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Song, Children, Want

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• I never went to college, so I went to the library.

  Ray Bradbury

  Library

  "Ray Bradbury and the fever of inspiration" by Dan Gillmor, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2012.

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• I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart.

  Nicole Polizzi

  Smart, Book, School

  "Are Wedding Bells in Snooki's Future?" by Lauren Sher, abcnews.go.com. August 10, 2011.

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• I don't have any problem understanding why people flunk out of college or quit their jobs or cheat on each other or break the law or spray-paint walls. A little bit outside of things is where some people feel each other. We do it to replace the frame of family. We do it to erase and remake our origins in their own images. To say, I too was here.

  Lidia Yuknavitch

  Jobs, Wall, Law

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• I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring.

  Deepak Chopra

  Dedication, Quality, Care

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• Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or a college loan? In this timely and important book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains how the United States has come to rely on hidden, indirect policies that privilege special interests but puzzle regular citizens. American democracy can do better, and she shows how. Politicians and the public alike have much to learn from her brilliant and engaging analysis.

  Theda Skocpol

  Retirement, Book, Government

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• I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.

  Jon Secada

  Education, Teacher, Cutting

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• Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society; it’s an act of common sense within society. Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive “bundle of cash”; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.

  Rolf Potts

  Long, Common Sense, World

  Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.10, Ballantine Books

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• You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college.

  Ruben Studdard

  Football, Offensive, Knows

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• School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

  Amber Heard

  School, Awards, Bored

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• I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.

  Marc Maron

  Taken, Years, Fans

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• Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Drama, School, Play

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.

  Kenny Chesney

  Football, Fire, Focus

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• I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Football, Crazy, Games

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• I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a lot of behind the scenes in college. I wanted to learn while I had the time. I studied theatre and film in different capacities.

  Justin Bartha

  New York, School, Kids

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• All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I went to college I liked it because it was so different and I have an infatuation with nicknames.

  Taye Diggs

  Past, Different, Nicknames

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact, I'm able to keep hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income that I don't need, while a parent out there who is struggling to figure out how to send their kid to college suddenly finds that they've got a couple thousand dollars less in grants or student loans.

  Barack Obama

  Couple, Struggle, Kids

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• What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

  Steven Yeun

  Nerd, Chicago, Kalamazoo

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

  Steven Yeun

  Fans, Detroit, Best Times

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out of college with no debt. Everything they made, they just poured into my education.

  Steven Yeun

  Years, Parent, Debt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

  Sarah Vowell

  Ideas, People, Towns

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• My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black.

  Al Roker

  Silence, Black, Firsts

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• I had acne late, in college. My skin used to be really flawless. Went to college, became a vegetarian, ate a lot of cheese - big mistake. Here I am trying to be healthy and I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries every day, having mad eruptions all over my face.

  Wesley Snipes

  Mistake, Here I Am, Cheese Sandwiches

  "Wesley Snipes: The Wisdom of Wesley". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. August 1, 1998.

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• Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

  Jenna Fischer

  Comedy, Casts

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