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"I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor."
Ty Cobb
"I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor."
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"Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up."
Beverley Mitchell
"Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up."
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"One half who graduate from college never read another book."
G. M. Trevelyan
"One half who graduate from college never read another book."
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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."
Angie Stone
"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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"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."
Carlos Alazraqui
"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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"A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone."
Craig Kilborn
"A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone."
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"College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil."
Ruby Wax
"College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil."
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"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."
Ossie Davis
"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."
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"Pre-teens, teens and college students have unlimited access to the Internet - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of the repeated exposure they have to illegal Internet gambling sites, they fall victim by the thousands."
Spencer Bachus
"Pre-teens, teens and college students have unlimited access to the Internet - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of the repeated exposure they have to illegal Internet gambling sites, they fall victim by the thousands."
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"Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that."
Christopher Durang
"Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that."
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"From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford."
James Meade
"From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford."
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"The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."
James A. Garfield
"The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."
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"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."
Will Rogers
"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."
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"I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off."
Scott Foley
"I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off."
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"I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943."
John Pople
"I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943."
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"My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman."
George Stigler
"My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman."
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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."
John Dykstra
"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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"When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not."
Sue Wicks
"When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not."
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"There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college."
Dante Hall
"There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in 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."
Pete McCloskey
"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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"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!"
Henry Fonda
"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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"I used to be a regular college student and now I go all over the country and stay at really nice hotels."
Steven Hill
"I used to be a regular college student and now I go all over the country and stay at really nice hotels."
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"The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway."
Christie Hefner
"The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway."
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"Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College."
Thomas E. Mann
"Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College."
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"In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964."
John E. Walker
"In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964."
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"I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely."
David Zucker
"I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely."
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"As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur."
Woodrow Wilson
"As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur."
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"I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets."
Amy Weber
"I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets."
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"I started doing stand-up in college."
Carlos Alazraqui
"I started doing stand-up in college."
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"My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional."
Mira Sorvino
"My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional."
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"I started college Pre-Med. That lasted about half a semester."
Peter Krause
"I started college Pre-Med. That lasted about half a semester."
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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."
Michele Bachmann
"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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"I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers."
Luke Ford
"I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers."
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"You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today."
Oscar Robertson
"You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today."
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"I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college."
Carrot Top
"I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college."
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"The preparation I had in college was the most valuable."
Hayden Fry
"The preparation I had in college was the most valuable."
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"Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more."
Dan Fogelberg
"Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more."
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"My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So... you're black.'"
Al Roker
"My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So... you're black.'"
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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."
Al McGuire
"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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"Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans."
Ed Gillespie
"Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans."
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"Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college."
Treat Williams
"Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college."
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"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"
Mike Huckabee
"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"
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"The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina."
Constance Baker Motley
"The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina."
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"I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day."
Keira Knightley
"I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day."
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"Yeah, some of my college friends and I have been tinkering around for years, you know, just for fun."
Eric Roberts
"Yeah, some of my college friends and I have been tinkering around for years, you know, just for fun."
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"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."
P. J. O'Rourke
"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."
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"At our college we were taught a universal approach to find out about a person: what problems the person has, what difficulties, what personal tendencies and likings."
Markus Wolf
"At our college we were taught a universal approach to find out about a person: what problems the person has, what difficulties, what personal tendencies and likings."
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"My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl."
Jessica Savitch
"My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl."
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"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."
Luke Ford
"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."
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"I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job."
Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job."
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