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title: "9 Want University Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“I don't want to go to university. I don't like unity and I hate verses. I just love the choruses of songs. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-forrest/i-don-t-want-to-go-to-university-i-don-t-like-unity-and-i-hate-verses/)

[Emma Forrest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-forrest/)

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> [I just want to go to university and have fun - I want to be an ordinary student. I'm only going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince-william/i-just-want-to-go-to-university-and-have-fun-i-want-to-be-an-ordinary/)

[Prince William](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince-william/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/prince-william-12657_feels_i-just-want-to-go-to-university-and-have_1136801.png)

> [I did some good stuff over in the U.K., but I wasn't consistently working. For a while there, I was going, 'Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-spencer/i-did-some-good-stuff-over-in-the-u-k-but-i-wasn-t-consistently/)

[Jesse Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-spencer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/jesse-spencer-19192_back_i-did-some-good-stuff-over-in-the-u-k-bu_2043235.jpg)

> [I just figured, 'I don't want to go to university anymore,' so I went to Stockholm. I went into this teaching school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-helin/i-just-figured-i-don-t-want-to-go-to-university-anymore-so-i-went-to/)

[Sofia Helin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-helin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/sofia-helin-17485_education_i-just-figured-i-don-t-want-to-go-to-uni_1856735.jpg)

> [Some people know from an early age that they want to go to university. It's part of their plan for life; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-williamson/some-people-know-from-an-early-age-that-they-want-to-go-to-university/)

[Gavin Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-williamson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/gavin-williamson-5676_age_some-people-know-from-an-early-age-that_235383.jpg)

> [I always want to make enough for my kids. So if they want to go to university, I can pay for them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michail-antonio/i-always-want-to-make-enough-for-my-kids-so-if-they-want-to-go-to/)

[Michail Antonio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michail-antonio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/michail-antonio-6183_car_i-always-want-to-make-enough-for-my-kids_2249514.jpg)

> [I knew I didn't want to pursue an academic career at all, which, of course, my father would have loved me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hurt/i-knew-i-didn-t-want-to-pursue-an-academic-career-at-all-which-of/)

[John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hurt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/john-hurt-1669_actor_i-knew-i-didn-t-want-to-pursue-an-academ_1874340.png)

> [I didn't enjoy studying for my A-levels, so didn't really want to go to University to do something overly academic, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fletcher/i-didn-t-enjoy-studying-for-my-a-levels-so-didn-t-really-want-to-go/)

[Tom Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fletcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/tom-fletcher-4373_creative-writing_i-didn-t-enjoy-studying-for-my-a-levels_3159667.jpg)

> [What, of course, we want in a university is for people to learn the skills they're going to need outside the classroom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-gopnik/what-of-course-we-want-in-a-university-is-for-people-to-learn-the/)

[Alison Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-gopnik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/alison-gopnik-4163_also_what-of-course-we-want-in-a-university-i_1151729.png)

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