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College Quotes
"As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur."
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"Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that."
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"In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare."
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"I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942."
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"While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor."
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"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."
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"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."
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"I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college."
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"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."
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"I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana."
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"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."
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"I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup."
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"The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway."
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"I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s."
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"I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college."
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"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."
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"The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions."
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"The preparation I had in college was the most valuable."
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"I had done a lot of rock 'n' roll photography when I was in college. I was one of many photographers who worked for The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and all of these rock 'n' roll bands."
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"One half who graduate from college never read another book."
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"I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college."
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"Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College."
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"The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts."
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"I travelled to California when I was 18 and went to Los Angeles State College."
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"The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."
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"I guess I hit a point while I was in college when I realized I would have to do something with my life!"
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"The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active."
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"I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated."
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"The college stations have a big voice, and I would like to become more involved with them. I would like to have symposiums with the members of various college radio stations."
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"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"
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"The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina."
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"My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl."
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"I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law."
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"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."
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"Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College."
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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."
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