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"Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it."

"Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

College, Feet, Right

15

"One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything."

"One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

15

"I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school."

"I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

College, Growing up, Language, Order

15

"In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing."

"In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing."

Norah Jones, American Musician

College, Practice, Singing, Weekend

15

"There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week."

"There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week."

Mark Knopfler, British Musician

College, Country, Guitar, Kids

15

"The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching."

"The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

College, Job, Teaching

15

"Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions."

"Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions."

Jim Henson, American Entertainer

College, First, School, University

15

"I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently."

"I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

15

"I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things."

"I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things."

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

College, Writer

15

"In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises."

"In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises."

Ken Thompson, American Scientist

College, Games, Programming

15

"Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students."

"Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students."

Ric Keller, American Politician

College, Help, Nation, Students

15

"I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway."

"I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway."

Michael N. Castle, American Politician

15

"And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions."

"And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions."

Karen Hughes, American Politician

College, Questions

15

"While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic."

"While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

College, First, Network

15

"It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college."

"It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college."

Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant

14

"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 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."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

College, Want, Writer, Years

14

"It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan."

"It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan."

Glenn Frey, American Musician

14

"You grow up however, unfortunately, as the college years fly by, into a very exaggerated sense of your own capacities."

"You grow up however, unfortunately, as the college years fly by, into a very exaggerated sense of your own capacities."

Donald G. Mitchell, American Essayist

College, Sense, Years

14

"I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college."

"I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

College, Struggle

14

"I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college."

"I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

College, Draft, First, School

14

"When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did."

"When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did."

David Selby, American Actor

College, Theater

14

"Both Christians and religious Jews are finding it increasingly difficult to practice their faiths through college groups on so-called mainline campuses in the United States."

"Both Christians and religious Jews are finding it increasingly difficult to practice their faiths through college groups on so-called mainline campuses in the United States."

Paul Weyrich, American Critic

College, Practice, Religious, States

14

"I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s."

"I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s."

Kurt Loder, American Journalist

14

"Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that."

"Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

College, Grammar, School, Singing

14

"I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think."

"I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think."

Dan Marino, American Athlete

14

"I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years."

"I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years."

Mackenzie Astin, American Actor

14

"I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, "Well somebody has to be in them," so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise."

"I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, "Well somebody has to be in them," so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise."

Annette Bening, American Actress

College, Thinking

14

"I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college."

"I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

13

"A white boy that makes C's in college can make it to the White House."

"A white boy that makes C's in college can make it to the White House."

Chris Rock, American Comedian

13

"Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It can be pretty daunting."

"Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It can be pretty daunting."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

College, Environment, Friends, Pretty

13

"I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since."

"I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since."

Lou Henry Hoover, American First Lady

13

"When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team."

"When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

College, Day, Weekend

13

"Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team."

"Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

College, Magic, Play

13

"While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor."

"While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

College, Obstacles, Students

13

"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

Julian Bond, American Activist

College, Generations

13

"I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start."

"I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start."

Steve Case, American Businessman

College, Focus, School, Trying

13

"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."

"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

13

"I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college."

"I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

College, Intentions, School, Years

13

"That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size."

"That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size."

Steve Mariucci, American Coach

College, Kids, School

13

"I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these."

"I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

13

"Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals."

"Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals."

Ruben Hinojosa, American Politician

College, Doctors, Lawyers, Professionals

12

"I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses."

"I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

College, Writing

12

"In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare."

"In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

College, Shakespeare

12

"When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back."

"When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

College, London, Summer, Tea

12

"I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942."

"I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942."

Antony Hewish, British Scientist

College, University

12

"I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't."

"I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't."

David Eddings, American Author

College, Teaching, Years

12

"I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college."

"I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college."

Christie Hefner, American Businessman

College, English

12

"But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here."

"But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

College, School

12

"I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I guess that' s one of the reasons for campus unrest."

"I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I guess that' s one of the reasons for campus unrest."

Kent McCord, American Actor

12

"The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active."

"The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active."

Amartya Sen, Indian Philosopher

College, Community, Presidency

12

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