“I stopped eating beef in high school, and in college I stopped eating poultry. I am not a huge fan of factory farming and what we're doing to animals. I try to eat as clean as possible because I want to know what I'm putting into my body.” KnowsWantTryingBodySchoolAnimalFansCollegeHugeEatingHigh SchoolCleanFactoriesFarmingBeefFactory FarmingPoultry Author:Susanna Thompson
“My goal was to reach this literary crowd, but I didn't want to alienate my core fan base. I grew up speaking that language, this isn't put on. I can go back and forth; it's almost like being bilingual. But I'm not college educated; I don't know rules of grammar.” KnowsWantI CanLanguageGoalFansCollegeGrewGrew UpCrowdsCoreEducatedGrammarBack And Forth Author:Rude Jude
“I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.” BigsWould BeChanceAbilitySawsFansFieldsCollegeTrackCoachesScholarshipTrack And FieldDecathlon Author:Dan O'Brien
“The best part about being a Blazer is the fans. The fans here are so loyal it feels like a college team with how close the fans and players are. They have such a great passion for the team that it makes it fun to be a part of and makes you want to work harder to make the team successful.” WantFeelsPassionFunSuccessfulPlayerTeamFansCollegeHard WorkHarderLoyalWork HarderGreat PassionBlazers Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like finding out that Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett, but he interviewed me at a college radio station before they broke and did Bleach. And then, like, about two years later, I was opening for Nirvana at these huge sports arenas.” PeopleKnowsYearsKindTwoSportsFansCollegeHugeFindingsRadioOpeningBrokeTwo YearsStationsArenaBuddyHendrixRadio StationsBleachCobain Author:Bobcat Goldthwait
“We were with Hayden Schlossberg enormous fans of that first American Pie. We were in college when it came out, and we watched it over and over and over again.” FirstsFansCollegeEnormousPieAmerican Pie Author:Jon Hurwitz
“We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksHardThreeAsksHoursWatchesSeeingFansNew YorkCollegeBasketballTheaterBunchTunesCollege BasketballLive Theater Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“My best friend from college engineered my record. He and I keep in touch on just a purely one-music-fan-to-another basis.” RecordsFansCollegeBasesMy Best FriendMusic Fans Author:Charlie Worsham
“I was feeling that I was the in the dead-end circuit from 1980 to 1983, and I didn't know what else to do. I remember doing a show in some college town, in a tiny club, and afterward some fans came back. I thought I had done good gig and they were going to tell me that.” KnowsEndsDoneShowsFeelingsRememberFansCollegeTownsClubsTinyGigsCircuitsDead Ends Author:Iggy Pop
“I think it's a good way to sort of build your career and even when I was a young kid, I did the same thing, I looked at these guitar players, like ...I was a big fan of Steve Vai, and Al DiMeola, and said "What do those guys do?" and I found out that they went to Berkelee College of music, so I was like "Well, I'm going to go to Berkelee College of Music", and you try to, like, learn from those things, so... It's important.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsSaidImportantBigsKidsYoungGuyFoundCareersPlayerFansCollegeGuitarAlsGood WayGuitar Player Author:John Petrucci
“I studied physics at Princeton when I was a college student, and my initial intention was to major in it but to also be a writer. What I discovered, because it was a very high-powered physics program with its own fusion reactor, was that to keep up with my fellow students in that program I would need to dedicate myself to math and physics all the time and let writing go. And I couldn't let writing go, so I let physics go and became a science fan and a storyteller.” NeedsWritingFansStudentsCollegeMajorsProgramFellowsIntentionMathPhysicsStorytellerInitialsFusionCollege StudentsPrinceton Author:Jon Spaihts
“She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college and was a great fan of Noam Chomsky. She was a real lefty and yet was not able to meet her dream of becoming an artist. She got drafted into motherhood big time - seven kids - and that wasn't the life that she had planned. So she opened the path so that I could be the artist that she wanted to be.” BookRealHomeDreamBigsKidsAbleWantedArtistReadingPathFansCollegeBecomingConsciousSevenRadioMotherhoodThanksLeftiesStudsGreat Fans Author:Sandra Cisneros