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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."

"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, American Actor

College, Now, Right, Talking

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"Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again."

"Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

College, Kids, Questions

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"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

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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."

"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, American Actor

College, Comedy, Job, Recreation

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"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

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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."

"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."

James Welch, American Author

College, Community, Language, Now

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"One half who graduate from college never read another book."

"One half who graduate from college never read another book."

G. M. Trevelyan, English Historian

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"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

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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."

"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, American Politician

College, Congress, Environment, Force

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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!"

"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, American Actor

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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."

"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, Australian Writer

College, Fire, Teachers, Wrong

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"My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils."

"My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils."

Dante Hall, American Athlete

College, Favorite, Houston

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"There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college."

"There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college."

Dante Hall, American Athlete

College, Formula, Fortune

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"That's when we was makin this video stuff. They went all over the place makin it. And they was wantin to know, at the college, how I got started playin and how do I do everything - you know, all that."

"That's when we was makin this video stuff. They went all over the place makin it. And they was wantin to know, at the college, how I got started playin and how do I do everything - you know, all that."

Hasil Adkins, American Musician

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"It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush."

"It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush."

George Galloway, British Politician

College, Fraud, President, Vote

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"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

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"I'm like a bunch of college guys who got together and said, 'Let's make a dude, a crazy dude'."

"I'm like a bunch of college guys who got together and said, 'Let's make a dude, a crazy dude'."

Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician

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"Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans."

"Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans."

Ed Gillespie, American Politician

College, Now, Republicans

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"I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months."

"I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months."

Danny Pintauro, American Actor

College, Lady, Girls, Months

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"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."

"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

College, Seriousness, Stupidity

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"On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?"

"On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?"

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

College, Life, Beginning, End

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