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I had a classmate who fitted for college by the lamps of a lighthouse, which was more light, we think, than the University afforded.
Part of me wanted to get a graduate degree in political science. Had I done that, I suppose I would have become a college professor.
There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?
What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
I was the No. 1 player coming into college and I want to be the No. 1 player heading into the NFL. That's definitely one of my goals.
Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.
I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity—even among the college-educated.
This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?
Out of the nursery into the college and back into the nursery; there’s your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more.
Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.
The threshold of the Dream Act is not high enough. One year of community college is not enough... No, I do not support the Dream Act.
I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff. I didn't fit that mold.
The White House said today that Judge Clarence Thomas, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, had smoked marijuana while in college.
My grandson is mad at me. He's mad at me because I squandered his college fund on Spanx. It's a lot, but there's a lot going on here.
I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.
I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.
I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't have direct democracy.
Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.
Times change, and right now what people need is, they need to be able to send their kids to college, they need to able to buy a house.
People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.
I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.
One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students - they work with all students.
I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.
The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
I like Kamal Haasan's daring choice of roles. When I was in school and college, I modelled myself on him. I was so much in awe of him.
Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.
We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.
I didn't drink at all in school, so when I went to college, I went nuts. I was trying to catch up on all the partying I missed out on.
Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.
In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.
I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.
I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.
I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.
In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.
Get your product in front of actual, living, breathing strangers. Your college roommate's approval does not mean there's market demand.
I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.
One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley.
I want to go to college. I'm going to take four years off. I don't want to miss that. I want to be a writer. I think that'd be awesome.
I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.
I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
I believe that the fragile-flower, idea-intolerant society of victimhood that is being cultivated in many colleges today is really bad.
I trained, went to college, trained, and got a job. Then got another job. When I wasn't working I worked at a bar, then got another job.
I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.
I can't imagine a genuinely intelligent boy getting much out of college, even out of a good college, save it be a cynical habit of mind.