“So community colleges are accessible, they're available, they're affordable, and their curriculums don't get stuck. In other words, if there's a need for a certain kind of worker, I presume your curriculums evolved over time.” IfsNeedsKindCertainCommunityCollegeWorkersAvailableStuckAffordableCurriculumCommunity College Author:George W. Bush
“As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's. Condemning elitism and simultaneously quaking in fear that our children won't become members of the elite, we send them to college, not to learn, but to "be" college graduates, rationalizing our snobbery with the cliché that high technology has eliminated the need for the manual labor that we secretly hold in contempt.” NeedsChildrenEducationClassTechnologyDemocracyCollegeMembersDegreesLaborIndiaOur ChildrenAncientAvailableDistinctionContemptGraduatesElitesManualsCastesCollege EducationCondemningElitismSnobberyCollege DegreeCollege GraduatesManual LaborAncient IndiaClass DistinctionHigh Technology Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.” RealAgeFoundCompanyEnvironmentCollegeTheaterTownsAvailableNineAtmosphere Author:Christopher Reeve
“They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.” MayTwoDoneTodayOpportunityCollegeAvailableOlympicsScholarship Author:Debbie Meyer
“I'm convinced that a lot of people simply don't know what's available out there and how it is possible to find a job and work your way up if you are willing to accept responsibility for your life. I know what it's like to be on the bottom. I've been broke. I've been fired seven times from jobs. And I don't even have a college degree. But I didn't blame anyone else for my problems. I knew that if I didn't try to solve them on my own or with the help of friends or family members, no one else was going to take care of me.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingHelpingProblemCareJobsMy OwnResponsibilityAcceptingCollegeWillingMembersDegreesBlameSevenBottomAvailableSolveTake CareConvincedBrokeFamily MembersCollege DegreeTake Care Of MeResponsibility For Your Life Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My parents, neither one of them went to college. That wasn't available to them. But, you know, we had a wonderful life. You know, it - you know, we lived in what would now be considered poverty, but, you know, it didn't feel like poverty when I was living it. I had a great time and got a - had a great experience. I went to Catholic school through high school. I had a wonderful education.” KnowsFeelsSchoolParentPovertyWonderfulCollegeHigh SchoolCatholicAvailableGreat TimesGreat ExperiencesWonderful LifeCatholic SchoolHad A Great Time Author:Tad Devine
“In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.” PeopleWorldInspirationalKindIdeasOpportunityGivenChanceCollegeBasketballFinancialAthleteAvailableAll KindsCapabilityWorlds ApartBasketball Is LifePro Athlete Author:Michael Jordan
“We were the ultimate consumers of the thing, and we thought, "Every college kid is going to go berserk. High school kids - it will introduce them to music they didn't know about. This is going to be a phenomenon." Plus, it seemed like it was insider-y, yet it was available to everyone. I thought, "Cable companies are going to be snatching this up." You think about the dreck that is on so many cable companies, of course they're going to love this. And we were just crushed that nobody cared.” ThinkingKnowsKidsSchoolCoursesCompanyCollegeHigh SchoolUltimateAvailableConsumersPlusPhenomenonIntroducingCablesCrushedInsidersNobody CaresBerserk Author:Jancee Dunn
“I do the meatball recipe a lot. I think the army stew probably too. It's the most useful dish because it was born out of necessity and poverty and any idiot can make it in 20 minutes on a hot plate. It's cheap and uses readily available commercial ingredients. And it's delicious. It should be the great American dish - perfect late-night stoner dorm food for college kids on a budget.” ThinkingShouldUseKidsNightBornPerfectPovertyMinutesCollegeLateArmyHotAvailableIdiotBudgetsIngredientsPlatesDishesDeliciousRecipesGreat AmericanLate NightStewDormsStonersMeatballs Author:Anthony Bourdain