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title: "6 University Going Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-rayner/people-are-still-programmed-to-think-that-if-your-child-doesn-t-get/)

[Angela Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-rayner/)

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> [And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-castle/and-that-had-a-powerful-appeal-particularly-to-those-who-had-been/)

[Barbara Castle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-castle/)

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> [Fairly apolitical. Kind of aspiring to participate in life. I'm 18-19 years old. Wanting to dive into the world and finding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/fairly-apolitical-kind-of-aspiring-to-participate-in-life-i-m-18-19/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [I had a place to go to university; I was going to study history. I was in New York doing 'Arcadia,' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-had-a-place-to-go-to-university-i-was-going-to-study-history-i-was/)

[Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/)

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> [A senior always feels like the university is going to the kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lansing-masson/a-senior-always-feels-like-the-university-is-going-to-the-kids/)

[Thomas Lansing Masson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lansing-masson/)

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> [My own, purely personal view is that reading, study, poetry, and scientific experiment might be more rewarding than a job or children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-coren-mitchell/my-own-purely-personal-view-is-that-reading-study-poetry-and/)

[Victoria Coren Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-coren-mitchell/)

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