College Quotes
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An important event in my scientific life has been my appointment as a Professor at the College de France in 1973.
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
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One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.'
Josh Dun Twenty One Pilots
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I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy.
Kay Cannon
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I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. I think that grows the economy. I think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veterans who fought for our country. That grows our economy.
Barack Obama
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Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a decent player, but it's because of hard work, not because I was Freddy Adu. I wouldn't have a medal from the Olympics if I wasn't in a chair. I wouldn't have gone to the Olympics and experienced the whole atmosphere.
Mark Zupan
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My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.'
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.
Pete McCloskey
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It seems like we have a rivalry every week. CU hates us. BYU hates us. Air Force doesn't care for us and Wyoming really hates us. Every week, we're playing for some sort of trophy or plaque. That's what is unique about college football.
Dave Anderson
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I loved it. I just thought I wanted to stay in college forever. I came to New York all by myself; I didn't have any friends there. But it was fine. I felt comfortable. I started thinking, 'Maybe graduate school?' I was really cool with people who were smart, who knew stuff. It's very romantic and stimulating.
Alice Smith
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I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
Don Ameche
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I was a tennis player in high school and college.
Kirsten Gillibrand
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Early '90s, I was big, big into Sinatra. I was in college. I was fascinated.
Joe Carnahan
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In what may as well be starkly labelled smug satisfaction, an amazing 94% [of college instructors] rate themselves as above average teachers, and 68% rank themselves in the top quarter of teaching performances.
K. Patricia Cross
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In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.
Denis McDonough
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You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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By the time I got to college, the Cold War was basically over.
Elif Batuman
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Your retirement comes before your children's tuition. That's because there's no financial aid for retirement, and there's still a good deal available for college.
Jean Chatzky
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I was the first in my family to graduate college.
Duke Johnson
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I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can get. I always assumed I was going to be an actor. I don't know why. I didn't have any reason to think that. In fact, when I finally did try it, when I was in college, I was really bad at it and didn't enjoy it.
David Wroblewski
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I spend a lot of time on college campuses, a lot of time mentoring young women in all sectors of business, because I don't want them to spend as much time to get their voice as I did.
Pat Mitchell
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I started out, coming out of college, I had my Realtor's license, and I did real estate full time for a number of years.
Bill Huizenga
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You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to have him to tea in one of the public reception rooms, but you could accept no invitation from young men to tea or other entertainment without a chaperone from the College.
Dora Russell
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I did nothing but theater until, I guess, '99. I was all the way through college the first time that I had stepped in front of a camera. And it's weird; it's definitely a transition.
James Roday
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For me, having the opportunity to go to college was very important. To miss out on an education is a loss.
Tyler Hamilton