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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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"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

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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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"I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done."

"I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done."

Carmelo Anthony, American Athlete

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"I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley."

"I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

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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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"When my kids are in college, maybe I'll drag my fishnets and high heels out."

"When my kids are in college, maybe I'll drag my fishnets and high heels out."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

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"At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school."

"At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school."

William Standish Knowles, American Scientist

College, School

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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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"The most frequent complaint I hear from college students is that professors inject their leftist political comments into their courses even when they have nothing to do with the subject."

"The most frequent complaint I hear from college students is that professors inject their leftist political comments into their courses even when they have nothing to do with the subject."

Phyllis Schlafly, American Activist

College, Complaint, Nothing, Students

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"Going to college helped me, because I had four years in the conservatory program, which is close as you can get to a professional environment. It's like all day."

"Going to college helped me, because I had four years in the conservatory program, which is close as you can get to a professional environment. It's like all day."

Ryan Sypek, American Actor

College, Day, Environment, Years

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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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"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?"

"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, American Politician

College, Economy, Income, Result

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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."

"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, English Actress

College, Day, Friends, Months

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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."

"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, American Actress

12

"I started doing stand-up in college."

"I started doing stand-up in college."

Carlos Alazraqui, American Actor

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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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"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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"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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"When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks.Lots of dance breaks."

"When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks.Lots of dance breaks."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

College, Study, Humor, Energy

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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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