“When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song...With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A.” PeopleMenKindFacesSongNamesCollegeNeededCallingDecidedMadMovedVideoCardsThemeLinksTwistsMad MenBusiness Card Author:Allison Williams
“I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.” KnowsKindBigsSchoolFacesGuyLevelsGrowing UpGrowingCollegeGrewHigherGrew UpTownsLeagueMinorsSmall TownHigher LevelSchool Districts Author:Roy Oswalt
“Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.” StatesHomeFacesChoicesUnitedUnited StatesCollegeTablesSavingBuyingRoofStarksSaving UpOwning A Home Author:Chris Van Hollen
“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesKidsFacesHumanityFallDarkFieldsCollegeGayOne DayLeagueBigotryHomosexualityStereotypeAdoreLeatherHomophobiaYour Best FriendGay MenLittle League Book:Loud and Clear Source: Loud and Clear
“I was absolutely floored as a lot of people are but also I was reunited with ideas that I actually had as a teenager and these are ideas that I had put away as I approached college years because they were ridiculous on the face of it and when you talk to someone about living forever, they just dismiss you out of hand.” PeopleYearsIdeasHandsFacesForeverCollegeRidiculousTeenagerReunitedCollege Years Author:Barry Ptolemy
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor. And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American.” ThinkingMindChildrenLittlesMadeSchoolPainRememberFacesGirlNationsRealizingForgetPoorBoysKnowingDoorsCollegeNever ForgetMexican Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I was more into music, before I got into college. In high school, I used to play guitar and sing. I did a lot of that. But, when I graduated and went to college, I remember my freshman year and this girl from across the hall, who is one of my good friends to this day, had a brother who was in the school improv team. We went to go watch a show and it blew my face off.” YearsPlayShowsSchoolRememberFacesUsedGirlWatchesTeamCollegeBrotherMusic IsHigh SchoolGuitarHallsThis DayGood FriendThis GirlFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Steven Yeun
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“The agriculture taught at colleges between 1930 and 1980 has caused more damage on the face of the Earth than any other factor.” EarthFacesTaughtCollegeFactorsDamageAgriculture1930s Author:Bill Mollison
“I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work. I've heard from so many of you about the difficult choices you face and the stresses that you're under. So let's have paid family leave, earned sick days. Let's be sure we have affordable child care and debt-free college.” PeopleWantChildrenCareFacesChoicesDifficultSupportStruggleHeardCollegeBalanceSickStressPaidDebtWant UAffordableChild CareDebt FreeDifficult ChoicesSick Days Author:Hillary Clinton
“One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?” PeopleIfsWantFirstsSaidI CanKidsSchoolFacesPayClassRolesSeaTearsCollegeModelsEastGenerousGradesWealthyRepublicRole ModelsBusinessmanElementary SchoolHarlemCitizenryFluffySixth Grade Author:Bette Midler