College Quotes - Page 33

• One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Crazy, Kids, Thinking

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• Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There's not a CD player in sight.

  Jonny Greenwood

  Player, Sight, Cds

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• I studied cooking in Spain after college.

  Jose Garces

  Cooking, Spain

  "Jose Garces, ‘Iron Chef’ Star, Finds The Latino Road To A Thanksgiving Celebration" by Zuania Ramos, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2012.

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• I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.

  Josh Gad

  School, Speech, Debate

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• Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

  Kenny G

  Listening, Jazz, Influence

  "Namaste & Conversation : Interviews With Kenny G and David Benoit, Plus Downtown Struts and Sara Jackson-Holman Exclusives". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 20, 2012.

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• I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.

  Sue Grafton

  Summer, Teacher, Kentucky

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• I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago.

  Amanda Hocking

  Taken, Writing, School

  "Meet Mega Bestselling Indie Heroine Amanda Hocking". Interview with Tonya Plank, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2011.

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• The more we rely on the market, the more hooked we become on its promises: Do you need a tidier closet? A nicer family picture album? Elderly parents who are truly well cared for? Children who have an edge in school, on tests, in college and beyond? If we can afford the services involved, many if not most of us are prone to say, 'Sure, why not?

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Children, School, Elderly

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• I didn't always want to act. My passion was writing, and it still is one of my primary passions to this day, but it wasn't until high school when I started acting in plays that it became a thought of something I might want to do. And when I applied to colleges, at NYU, I was able to study both writing and acting.

  Bryce Dallas Howard

  Passion, Writing, School

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

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• I got expelled from high school, and then did my exams from home. I decided, through that experience, that I was going to expediate my plan and didn't go to university. Instead, I went to a community college and studied the theory and history of film with the idea that I wanted to write and direct.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Home, Writing, School

  "Charlie Hunnam Talks FRANKIE GO BOOM, the Success of SONS OF ANARCHY, His Desire to Direct, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 13, 2012.

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• The Small Business 'common app' would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure that small businesses across the country can concentrate on growing and creating jobs - not wasting time, filling out mountains of repetitive paperwork.

  Kay Hagan

  Country, Jobs, Creating

  "All-in-one stop for small business". www.politico.com. May 16, 2012.

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• I grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town. Real small, like one high school and one movie theater. Well, there was a state college there, that was the only good thing about it.

  Keith Haring

  Real, School, Towns

  "New Again: Keith Haring". Interview with Andy Warhol, Emilia Petrarca, Halston, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 6, 2013.

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• I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

  Margaret Haddix

  Summer, Fun, Reading

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• When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.

  Robert Hass

  Years, Tuition, Rooms

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• Before I had decided to get into politics, I was laying the groundwork to have a career in the law, but that was really to lay the foundation to teach, either at the college level or law school level after my federal clerkships.

  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  School, Law, Careers

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• I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Uc Berkeley, Movement, Punk

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• Penn State University is also nationally recognized for the exceptional research and patient care provided at the College of Medicine, located in my Congressional District in Hershey, PA.

  Tim Holden

  Medicine, Research, Care

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• When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.

  Michael Ironside

  Art, Would Be, Painting

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• I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.

  Tony Iommi

  Jobs, School, Good Enough

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• For the longest time I was afraid I'd have to keep on working at the factories. There was a steel mill and a pottery; if you didn't go to college, you went to work in those places.

  Daniel Johnston

  Steel, Pottery, Factories

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.

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• In any community there's a strong pull home. People want to return, see their community get better economically and socially. You can build those community-grown opportunities for the kids who've graduated from college to return home, to provide businesses and support things going on. It'll only happen through education.

  Denise Juneau

  Strong, Home, Kids

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• My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.

  Denise Juneau

  Parent, Degrees, Path

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• I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was good at shot put and discus. And then I got a full ride to Fresno State for their track program. Shot put was my main thing. I was the five-time All-American, and I set a couple records.

  Dot Jones

  Basketball, Volleyball, Couple

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• My parents weren't stereotypical and pressuring me to go to college. They mentioned it a lot and constantly, but it wasn't a do or die thing, like, 'You have to do this or you're done.

  Harry Shum, Jr.

  Parent, Done, Like You

  "‘Glee’ Star Harry Shum Jr. On Michael Jackson And Sectionals". Interview With Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.

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• At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people in the right jobs. And when I say 'right people,' I'm not talking about their college degree or work history; I'm talking about things like bearing - How does this person interact with other people? Can he or she talk to you and not tick you off?

  Edward Whitacre, Jr.

  Jobs, Talking, People

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