“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.” SchoolAmericaBornCollegeHigh SchoolMovedFinishedNigeriaIndiana Author:Dayo Okeniyi
“We are all born with a rut radar. Mine is finely wired, a little oversensitive maybe. Perhaps just a bit hyperactive. Twenty steady boyfriends before turning 16, a new best friend 12 times a year, switched college majors every time I met someone who seemed exactly like the sort of person I really, really wanted to be. I'm not fickle. I'm just never there yet.” YearsLittlesPersonsWantedBitsBornMinesCollegeMetsMajorsTwentiesSteadyRadarFickleRuts Book:Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir Source: Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir
“I'm born in Alaska, grew up in Colorado, went to college in Colorado, went to Colorado State, and I actually finished my degree.” StatesBornCollegeGrewDegreesGrew UpFinishedAlaskaColorado Author:Derek Theler
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanEnoughYoungGivenBornAbilityMistakeCareersPracticeFootballCollegeNeededFameSmartTradeMusicalHonestlyPursuePianoHallsParticipationAthleticHornsViolinFeatsHall Of FameSame MistakesCoordinationPro FootballMusical AbilityFrench Horn Author:Otto Graham
“I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business.” YearsFirstsDreamBornCollegeMy FamilyRaisedOur FamilyFarmsGraduatesAmerican DreamBorn And Raised Author:Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“I was born black, I attended all Negro schools including college, I grew up in the segregated South during Jim Crow. If anybody knows a racist, I do. Pat Buchanan ain't no racist.” IfsKnowsSchoolBlackBornCollegeGrewGrew UpSouthIncludingScaryRacistCrowJim Crow Author:Ezola B. Foster
“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.” HumansChildrenProblemBigsSchoolNationsSocialBornWealthEducationPovertyMillionsCollegePercentHigh SchoolBottomFabricStagnantMobilityWedlockDisorganizedSocial Mobility Author:David Brooks
“I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore.” I CanBornDifferencesCollegeTownsParisTexasBeing Cool Author:John Waters
“All you can do is learn the skills of movies. Neither colleges nor anyone else can teach you creativity. They can teach you abilities to work with - you know how to use the gifts you've been born with.” KnowsUseCan DoBornAbilityTeachCreativityKnow HowCollegeSkills Author:Frank Capra
“As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard work laid the foundation for the city we enjoy today. Whether someone is born here, or comes here for college, career, or retirement, I want L.A. to be a place that welcomes all generations.” WantHardGovernmentTodayPastEnjoyBornCitiesResponsibilityCareersGenerationsCollegeHard WorkFoundationRetirementMayorsEnjoy TodayCity Government Author:Eric Garcetti
“It's mind control, see. You have to go to school, get those exams, get to university or college, get a job, get married, don't miss the boat, do it now or you'll shoot your life down the drain. Yeah. They got you as soon as you were born. They never risked a second of your life. When you have kids they'll be telling them they have to wear a plastic mask and put a penny in the slot about their nose before they can breathe in.” MindKidsSchoolJobsBornMissingCollegeMarriedYeahUniversityBreatheBoatNosesMaskPlasticPenniesDrainsMind ControlExam Author:Melvin Burgess
“It's just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities.” BornCollegeLuckBlindWealthySororityBest College Author:Betty Dodson
“For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and college before he wrote his first book of poetry in the language of this country - he should be labeled as: "Author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and college before he wrote his first book of poetry in the language of this country."” ShouldFirstsBookWarCountrySchoolLanguageParentBornExampleCollege Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him.” WorldHeartDiesBornCollegeFineMy HeartWelcomeHipsHatedBroadcasting Author:Lynn Johnston
“I was born in Norfolk, Virginia. I began school there, the first year of public school. When I was 7, the family shifted back to North Carolina. I grew up in North Carolina; had my schooling through the college level in North Carolina.” YearsFirstsSchoolBornLevelsCollegeGrewGrew UpPublic SchoolVirginiaSchoolingCarolinaNorth CarolinaNorfolk Author:Ella Baker
“My father went to college for drama in Pittsburgh, and so did my mother, and then my mother was a steadily working New York theater actress. They kind of quit when I was born. They did that for, like, 10 years before they had kids and then I was born and they were not into that lifestyle for kids.” YearsKindKidsMotherFatherBornNew YorkCollegeDramaTheaterActressesQuittingLifestylePittsburgh Author:Ethan Suplee
“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
“Middle-class white children, children of privilege, are afforded the opportunity to make a lot of mistakes and still go on to college, still dream big dreams. But for kids who are born in the ghetto in the era of mass incarceration, the system is designed in such a way that it traps them, often for life.” WayChildrenStillsDreamBigsKidsOpportunityBornWhiteMistakeClassMiddleCollegeGoes OnMassPrivilegeErasMiddle ClassTrapsGhettoIncarcerationMass Incarceration Author:Michelle Alexander