I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity – sort of… I havent graduated yet. Im not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day. – Claire Danes
I teach one semester a year, and this year Im just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. – Tobias Wolff
ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because theyre getting the business. – Robert Sternberg
Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be… well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People Ive known for years are all in the industry together. – Jon Secada
Even though I didnt get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics. – Herb Ritts
I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that Id be a lousy businessman, and if I didnt give acting a try Id regret it for the rest of my life. – Peter Gallagher
I did graduate with a bachelors degree in civil engineering in 1948. – Daniel J. Evans
I wrote a novel for my degree, and Im very happy I didnt submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it. – David Eddings
In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. Thats when I started to be interested in girls. – Ed ONeill
I was really desperate. I dont know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didnt want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didnt mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree. – Shannon Lucid
The idea of winning a doctors degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me. – Elizabeth Blackwell
Im not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that youll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It aint going to happen. – Junior Seau
People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love We Are Young. Ive heard it play at weddings. Ive heard it in graduation parties. Its a big idea and big song. – Janelle Monae
I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldnt even give me one because I didnt have my high school graduation. – Maureen Forrester
Americans in particular are myopic. Theyre not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. Thats what I did. I went to Indonesia. – Julie Taymor
It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised Id become an actor. – James Darcy
One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I dont often do them. – Jerry Moran
At the end of four years time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, theres your numbers. – Peter Jurasik
I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life. – Alexandra Guarnaschelli
All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in Sister Act and havent looked back since. – Patina Miller
