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> [Before I left for American University, my mother told me to sign up for everything I could: to take advantage of everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-itzler/before-i-left-for-american-university-my-mother-told-me-to-sign-up/)

[Jesse Itzler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-itzler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/jesse-itzler-9518_amazing_before-i-left-for-american-university-my_736366.jpg)

> [On the street where I lived, they almost didn't know the word 'university,' and my mother was simply appalled when it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/on-the-street-where-i-lived-they-almost-didn-t-know-the-word/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/eileen-atkins-19987_drama_on-the-street-where-i-lived-they-almost_970332.jpg)

> [My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-g-wilson/my-father-was-on-the-faculty-in-the-chemistry-department-of-harvard/)

[Kenneth G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-g-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/kenneth-g-wilson-32347_chemistry_my-father-was-on-the-faculty-in-the-chem_1684990.jpg)

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