College Quotes - page 55

When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did. (Hans Matheson)
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. View quote
James Welch
I was always most interested in drawing - most of my childhood drawings are black-and-white line work. And when I kind of abandoned comics, through college and art school, I was doing a lot of painting. But once I started doing comics again, everything else just fell by the wayside. View quote
Jeffrey Brown
I remember going through school and doing art, which was the only thing that I actually found fulfilling, and I couldn't really figure out why. Then I got into college and started messing around with photography, and I realised that it was about getting the images that were in my head out in a way that didn't have to be spelt correctly. View quote
Joe Anderson
On education, in order to ensure that America remains a world leader, we must create an educated, skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering and information technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree. View quote
John F. Tierney
Everybody always asks me, 'How much can you bench?' I'm like, 'I don't know. I don't lift weights.' Now that I'm in college, we lift weights every once in a while, but not maxing out. We do things with a weight vest on... That surprises people, too, how strong you can get by just basically lifting your body all the time. View quote
Jacob Dalton
Access to a college degree is critical. View quote
John Sharp
One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France. View quote
James Cronin
We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are. View quote
James Hall
I love comedy and did a lot of comedy in college. I was in an improv comedy group with my friends. View quote
Kevin Rahm
I was born and grew up in Phoenix, and I left there when I was 17 to go to Interlochen Arts Academy - a boarding school in Michigan - for a year, and then I went to college for a year at The Boston Conservatory and landed the 'Spring Awakening' tour midway through my freshman year, which was pretty cool. (Kimiko Glenn)
I've got the best parents you could ever ask for. My parents are from New Jersey, and they met in Vermont in college. My Dad grew up listening to heavy, psychedelic music. He's my biggest fan. View quote
King Tuff
I didn't have good grades until I started dancing, because I didn't try - I didn't see the point. Once I realized why I wanted to go to college, I started to study and do well. I knew I had to have a certain GPA to get in. View quote
Kyle Abraham
In high school, I had a couple girlfriends who had very extreme eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia. And in college as well. It's just heartbreaking. As someone going through it, it's heartbreaking. And as a friend who's helping a friend going through it, it's heartbreaking. It's a real, real disease. View quote
Katie Lowes
I went to an ACC school, Wake Forest, I'm a big college basketball fan, and it was just a natural interest for me. View quote
Lee Norris
College and the responsibilities that came with it helped me transition from teenager to adulthood. View quote
Lee Thompson Young
I used to wear Clark Kent glasses, ever since I was in college. I used to have those Army-issue glasses, and they used to be those black glasses Clark Kent used to wear. And I wore those for years. View quote
Mark Valley
In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction. View quote
Mary-Louise Parker
I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college. View quote
Masi Oka
I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate. View quote
Masi Oka
Somebody wanted me to autograph her breast and I kindly refused. She was in college. I thought maybe I shouldn't do that. (Matt Czuchry)
Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too. View quote
Matt de la Pena
I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college. View quote
Melissa Rosenberg
I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft. View quote
Merle Dandridge
I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles. View quote
Merry Clayton