A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Because my college was a local college, it had a historic role in educating minorities and the tuition increase was viewed as… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
I think especially in academia, we are coached to go the route of paying to submit our writing to small publications, like… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
“Though outwardly Kristina maintained that a clean room was a symptom of a diseased mind (for how could she, while studying the… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
The show is escapism. If you look back to when I was in college, all the girls in the sorority houses were… — Chris Harrison Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and… — Zachary Knighton Copy Share Image
I go to a lot of writers conferences and literary festivals that tend to be in college towns or cities, and I'm… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
College lacrosse can be pretty brutal at times, so that definitely helped me with the toughness. It's a fast-paced game, so that… — Chris Hogan Copy Share Image
Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject,… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
People just want to see something happen that is positive for them in their lives. If you're struggling to pay your student-loan… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This project is so important because it's going to create an environment to inspire people. The RIBA believes that here in the… — Ruth Reed Copy Share Image
I know that it's very dispiriting for people in their twenties, who expected to graduate from college, get their own apartments, get… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“For this very short time in your life, and possibly never again, you will be given a very unique gift: a supremely… — Michael Metzler Copy Share Image
Baltimore's often called the most northern Southern town. It has a distinct essence. It's definitely post-industrial, definitely Rust Belt, very working-class. I… — David Simon Copy Share Image
In any community there's a strong pull home. People want to return, see their community get better economically and socially. You can… — Denise Juneau Copy Share Image
We tend to want to stay here in Louisiana as Louisiana people. We've just got to be mindful that there are other… — Ed Reed Copy Share Image
If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting… — Camila Mendes Copy Share Image
“The truth is this: The rich will rule even at a place like Oberlin, where their kind is technically forbidden. They will… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
When I was younger it was, you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
“Computer mistake in grade-giving resulted in academic failure of several brilliant students. After some years the mistake was discovered. Letter was sent… — John Cage Copy Share Image
College equals reinventing yourself. With all the experiences, good and bad, you find out your limits, you fail and dare to succeed,… — Cassie Wooters Copy Share Image
Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
When I got to college, my sister was starting work, and she realized she had two weeks of vacation a year, so… — Stephanie Ruhle Copy Share Image
If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Well, you know, the best compliment I've ever gotten from a coworker is Anna Drezen, who is a longtime friend of mine… — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
Kate, don't be like that. You know I only did so well because I yearn-see, SAT word- to follow you to college… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I had everything you could ask for, and I kind of didn't appreciate it. Because it was a… — Chris Long Copy Share Image
We need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy all of our kids who have the ability, the qualifications… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I think I have this old-fashioned idea that when you are asking people to vote for you, it is kind of like… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
When I am emperor, I will abolish private education. Private schools, private college. All of these parents with money and energy and… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“The boy was there too, stumbling through the living room horde and passing out magic mushrooms from a paper bag. His eyeballs… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
If your subject is crime, then you know at least that you're going to have a real story. If your subject is… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
