“I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped around a couple of regional theaters, and I was about to go back to Maine to work at a summer Shakespeare theater there. I didn't want to just jump around the country from gig to gig. I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community.” WantFirstsChildrenCountryWantedJobsCommunityCitiesGroupsCollegeCoupleInvolvedSceneSummerTheaterGet InvolvedGigsKentuckyMaine Author:Timothy Simons
“I didn't hit one three-pointer in college, and a couple of those were right on the college three line. I didn't feel comfortable much outside of 12 to 15 feet. Now, I really feel comfortable from the wing and the corner area out to 18, 19 feet. I'm going to keep working and continue to improve it.” FeelsThreeLinesFeetCollegeCoupleComfortComfortableAreasWingsCornersPointers Author:David Lee
“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“Like many people, I consider myself an incurable romantic, and there is a part of me that will always believe in walking off into the sunset to live happily ever after. When I was younger, like many children, I assumed I would get married, live in a nice house, and have a couple of kids. I also assumed this very traditional achievement would bring me endless happiness and romance. So much so, that during my college years I considered girls engaged by graduation to be the epitome of success. Perhaps needless to say, I was not one of those girls.” PeopleYearsBelieveChildrenKidsRomanceGirlHouseNiceCollegeCoupleWalkingAchievementMarriedEndlessTraditionalEngagedSunsetAlways BelieveHappily Ever AfterEver AfterEpitomeNice HouseCollege Years Book:'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse Source: 'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse
“There was a lot of rebelliousness, without focus, in my younger years. And even when people ask me, "Oh you went to prison and you went to college for a couple years?" I'm like "Yeah, I learned more in prison than I think I ever learned in college." That's the sad truth.” PeopleThinkingYearsAsksFocusCollegeCoupleYeahPrisonAsk MeSad Truth Author:Immortal Technique
“I worked at a daycare for a couple of years going through high school and college. I did youth sports camps. I ran all the camps through my college.” YearsSchoolSportsYouthCollegeCoupleHigh SchoolRanCampsYouth SportsDaycare Author:Derek Theler
“Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. "A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal".” NeedsFallBehindsTroubleCollegeMomCoupleHusbandAppealsPackagesLandingFall BackGoing To CollegeGood HusbandFailed Marriage Book:Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
“I basically modeled my way through college, doing local runway shows in L.A. that don't pay a lot and a couple of shows in N.Y. and S.F., and I probably made the same as the average 19-year-old waiter; I just worked less and was around beautiful girls, so it was nice.” WayYearsMadeShowsBeautifulGirlPayNiceCollegeCoupleAverageLocalsMy WayWaiterRunwayBeautiful Girl Author:Mehcad Brooks
“A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.” WorldCountryKidsCareersStudentsCollegeReadyCouplePercentThirdsErrors Author:Jeb Bush
“Try and maybe write a couple of articles for your local paper. Perhaps you need to go to college to learn some things that might help you on the way. If you've got enthusiasm, determination and you love your sport - why shouldn't you be doing my job?” IfsWayNeedsWritingTryingHelpingMightJobsSportsLove YouCollegeCouplePaperDeterminationLocalsEnthusiasmArticles Author:Jill Douglas
“I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after my sophomore year there, I went to the San Francisco Ballet school for the summer, but then they offered me a scholarship to stay for the year. That's where I danced after the year they offered me a contract with the company.” YearsSchoolCompanyCollegeCoupleSummerUniversityJournalismContractsBalletSan FranciscoScholarshipIndianaSophomoreSophomore Year Author:Joan Chen
“When I was in school, I was very much into just sports, mostly basketball, and didn't really see myself as much of a student. But once I got into college, I figured I wasn't going to be play beyond college. I started to think what was I going to do, since I wouldn't be able to make a living with basketball. There were a couple of things I liked to do. I wrote poetry, spoken word mostly.” ThinkingPlayAbleSchoolSportsStudentsCollegeCoupleBasketballSpoken Word Author:Matt de la Pena
“After we finished touring 'Ignore The Ignorant' we had this perfect idea that we were going to take a couple of years off, that was the plan. Because we thought we were definitely going to take time off, I was going to go back to college, that was what I was going to do. Because the whole idea of it was that I have spent ten years in this band and not even realised that that amount of time has passed.” YearsIdeasWholePerfectPlansCollegeAmountCoupleBandTenFinishedIgnorantTake TimeTouringRealisedTime OffBack To College Author:Ryan Jarman
“I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays that the school put on. But I knew I wanted to be in movies.” PlayWantedSchoolCollegeCoupleSummerTheater Author:Geena Davis
“I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.” PlaySchoolCollegeCoupleHigh SchoolJuniorsJunior HighHigh School Junior Author:Jodie Foster
“I was associated with the Artist Placement Group in the early 1970s and David Hall, the video artist, was an Artist Placement Group artist. I was completely broke at that time, and he said to me, "Come and do some teaching" - he was head of department at Maidstone College of Art. And I went and did a couple of teaching days and practically the only person who showed up was David Cunningham [Flying Lizard's main man], with all of this finished work” MenPersonsArtSaidArtistGroupsTeachingCollegeCoupleFinishedFlyingVideoBrokeDepartmentHallsLizardsPlacementFinished WorkCunninghams Author:David Toop
“I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.” TryingYearsSchoolCollegeCoupleBandHigh SchoolGuitarAcceptedGraduatesGraduating High School Author:John Petrucci
“When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveYoungPresidentPovertyRightsCollegeLike YouMonthsCoupleRepublicanDecidedCivil RightsVotingCampsJohnsonRight To VoteEnding PovertyOff To CollegePresident Johnson Author:Hillary Clinton
“I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and without enthusiasm. That is until a protest broke out in the streets around campus against rising tuition costs.” FactsClassStreetsCollegeCoupleCostLocalsEnthusiasmBrokeRisingProtestCampusNycTuition Author:Lewis Schiff
“I have a couple [of grandsons] that are in college playing lacrosse. It's great and it's fun. But they all also play golf a little bit.” LittlesPlayFunBitsCollegeCoupleLittle BitGolfGrandsonLacrosse Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I got to college in '99, and I went to study literature and writing, and so within a couple years we had Bush elected, 9/11, we were at war, so I was sort of having my political and spiritual awakening at the same time I was becoming an adult, and that's a lot of stuff at once. I became very focused on the state of the world, and I started studying that stuff more, and I just had a real identity crisis. I couldn't even really just study literature.” WorldWritingYearsWarRealStatesSpiritualPoliticalLiteratureStuffStudyIdentityCollegeCoupleBecomingAdultsCrisisFocusedAwakeningSpiritual AwakeningIdentity CrisisBecoming An Adult Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“White voters were 72 percent of the electorate in 2012, and their share of the population has shrunk a couple points since then. [Donald] Trump has had trouble winning certain segments of the white vote, such as suburban women and college-educated voters.” CertainWinningWhiteTroubleShareCollegeTrumpCouplePercentVotePopulationEducatedVotersElectorateEducated Voters Author:Mara Liasson
“That was always a dream of mine to play division one basketball. Not knowing that I wasn't going to get the opportunity because of my past and previous couple of years in college. The opportunity to play with only one year of eligibility was great.” YearsPlayDreamPastOpportunityKnowingMinesCollegeCoupleBasketballDivisionNot KnowingMy PastEligibility Author:John Starks