Graduation Quotes
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A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.
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As citizens, we understand that it is not about what America may do for us. It's about what can be done by us, together.
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I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
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After graduation, I discovered that I'd hit the limit of what I could learn from the women in my family. On top of that, in the workforce, all of the things that mattered in college suddenly weren't enough.
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School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration.
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It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a speed course. They demand your attention and require you to be present. They are coming...they are here..... and then they are gone. It's how life comes. Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.
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This above all; to thine own self be true.
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Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.
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America must always lead on the world stage. If we don't, no one else will. The military that you have joined is, and always will be, the backbone of that leadership. But U.S. military action cannot be the only - or even primary - component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
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Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.
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Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.
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I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift.
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I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.
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Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
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The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.
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I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short.
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.
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I have a good cry once in a while; it's such a great release. Or it could be a cry of joy - watching your child being born or your child walking across a graduation stage.
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You will throughout your life have people who will tell you that you're not good enough. Maybe they're jealous. Maybe they think you aren't. Maybe they've had a bad day. But ultimately you have to believe in yourself.
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When you work for other people you'll find ... that they do know what's best for them, and for the company. And you should listen to them and be respectful, but they don't know what's best for you.
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A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
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Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
