“I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.” JobsThreeMy OwnStudentsCollegePaidLoanStudent LoanPaid Off Author:Jessica Seinfeld
“I started out pursuing an acting career out of college when I lived in Los Angeles. When I got an entry into broadcasting, I preferred it. I liked being me, rather than dressing up to be someone else. Now I'm 30 and doing a career of my own and have been in this career for eight years.” YearsHas BeensMy OwnActingCareersCollegeEightLos AngelesDressingsEntryBeing MeDressing UpBroadcasting Author:Eleanor Mondale
“I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.” WayTwoKidsThreeMy OwnStepsCollegeFund Author:Black Francis
“I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware of the importance of the culture and literature to my life. Sometimes when you're immersed in something, you just don't notice it very much. Moving away makes you appreciate your culture. Living here, I've thought more and more about India, and what being Indian-American means to me. And it's made me incorporate things from Indian literature into my own writing.” WritingMeanMadeSometimesMovingCultureLiteratureMy OwnCollegeAppreciateIndiaImportanceMovedIndianAmerican IndianMoving AwayAppreciate You Author:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went to medical school. I've never had any formal training in writing. So what I know about writing, I know from my own instincts, and whatever the narrative voice is in my own head.” KnowsWorldWritingHas BeensSchoolVoiceMy OwnCollegeMajorsTrainingInstinctMedicalBackgroundsNarrativeBiologyFormalMedical SchoolNarrative Voice Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'” MenCareTurnsParentMy OwnTakenCollege Author:Eric Close
“I've basically been able to do everything, I basically run my own career and the decisions I make - whether it's how I'm gonna roll out music, how I'm gonna play on tours, different strategies for releasing and marketing things - and that comes from being college educated and someone who's interested in that side of the business rather than only the music. If anything I think that's where the biggest direct influence comes from.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayRunningAbleSidesMy OwnDecisionCareersInfluenceCollegeDirectStrategyMarketingEducated Author:Hoodie Allen
“After I graduated from high school, one of the former workers on our farm asked if I would be willing to join him in selling Fuller brushes through the summer. It seemed like a perfect way to make some money for college. And being away from my parents and learning to make my own way gave me self confidence.” IfsWaySelfWould BeSchoolParentMy OwnPerfectCollegeWillingSummerHigh SchoolWorkersSelf ConfidenceSellingFormerFarmsBrushes Author:Billy Graham
“When I was in college I thought of making up a fictive artist and giving him a name and a body of work. Eventually I came around to the idea of using my own name, which had this strange distancing effect, similar to using a found object. Being a Turk was quite interesting because in a sense it was like being a foreigner.” GivingIdeasBodyArtistFoundNamesMy OwnInterestingEffectsObjectsCollegeStrangeForeignersMaking UpFound Objects Author:Gavin Turk
“I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.” YearsJobsCommunityMy OwnFourStudentsCollegeOffersDegreesFour YearsRoutesAffordableCollege DegreeCommunity College Author:Jill Biden
“It was definitely a big change in my life going from the college scene to really kind of being on my own. I got married and moved to Houston and started a whole new journey. It was scary in a way, but what's great for me is just focusing on gymnastics and my wife. I'm really able to put 100% into what my goals are.” WayKindWholeBigsAbleGoalMy OwnWifeJourneyCollegeSceneMarriedMovedScaryMy WifeGymnasticsHoustonChanging My LifeBig ChangesNew Journey Author:Jonathan Horton
“I had a tremendous upbringing and foundation but as others like me have experienced, when you go to college, mom and dad are no longer there to help guide. There were some moments in college that really cemented my own convictions and beliefs. It was a real period of growth and maturity in my sanctifying process. I got married in college. That was a tremendous blessing. Four years later, we started having children and that gives you a deeper understanding of the Father's love.” GivingYearsChildrenRealMomentsHelpingFatherBeliefProcessUnderstandingGrowthMy OwnFourCollegeMomDadPeriodsBlessingMarriedFoundationConvictionDeeperGuidesLike MeMaturityFour YearsUpbringingHaving ChildrenMom And DadDeeper Understanding Author:Aaron Kampman
“My mom was very spiritual. We were a Catholic family. We read the Bible at a young age. I have two brothers and a sister. We're all very close. That was part of our childhood. But when I went to college and then got drafted and played in Anaheim, it was a life changer for me. I was exposed to so many things. I was out on my own for the first time.” FirstsTwoAgeSpiritualYoungMy OwnChildhoodCollegeBrotherMomFirst TimeOur ChildrenCatholicMy MomLife ChangingExposedYoung AgeTwo BrothersCatholic Family Author:Matt Cullen
“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
“In college, I was like most young men, doing what pleased me and looking out mainly for my own interest. I had success in baseball and was very popular in school but all these things, which the world chases after, left me empty and unfulfilled. Through a series of trials and difficult times, the Lord opened my eyes to my sin and what would truly fulfill me. June 9, 2001, I received forgiveness and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.” MenWorldEyeSchoolYoungJesusLeftDifficultInterestChristMy OwnSinLordCollegeEternalJesus ChristEmptyBaseballSeriesTrialsYoung ManDifficult TimesJuneEternal LifeVery Popular Author:Luke Scott
“My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later it hit, when my job as Dad was sort of done and I was sending my kids to college. And somehow, the emotional intensity of that event mixed with the loss of my own dad, was kind of upsetting.” YearsKindMayTwoHardDoneKidsJobsMy OwnLossEffectsEventsEmotionalCollegeDadDiedMy DadUpsetIntensityDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Wayne Watson
“My own father held down two jobs, barely affording the little rented house I grew up in. My dad worked hard, lifted heavy things, and got his hands dirty. The only soap we had at my house was Lava. Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower.” LittlesTwoHardHandsJobsFoundFatherHouseHurtMy OwnCollegeGrewDadGrew UpMy DadHeavyDirtyShowersSoapLavaTwo JobsAffordingHeavy Things Author:Mike Huckabee
“I've always been a late bloomer in some ways, and extremely precocious in other ways. When I was twenty I was living in New York and working a job and could barely bother to be a college student and had my own apartment, but I couldn't possibly get married before I was thirty-nine.” WayJobsMy OwnNew YorkStudentsCollegeLateMarriedTwentiesNineBotherThirtyApartmentCollege StudentsPrecocious Author:Meghan Daum
“When I was sixteen, I began to think outside the box of my small town. Not that the people in my small town are in a box - they're not! There's a brilliant college there, and I had brilliant teachers from that college. But in terms of a conservative upbringing, which I did have within my own family, I just began to question things and to think for myself.” PeopleThinkingTermMy OwnTeacherCollegeTownsConservativeBoxesBrilliantSmall TownUpbringingSixteenOutside The BoxThink Outside The Box Author:Ronee Blakley
“I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.” FeelsTryingYoungSpeakMy OwnGroupsEventsCollegeStudiosMentorYoung WomenAlways TryingCampusCollege Campus Author:Emily Lazar
“My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has.” KindBodyMy OwnViewsStudentsCollegePicksAppropriateCurriculumGeneral Education Author:Louis Menand
“I graduated from college and went on one job interview and was laughing in my own head because I wouldn't hire me.” JobsMy OwnLaughingCollegeInterviewsJob Interview Author:Daniel Tosh
“It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly. And I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community.” PeopleHelpingCommunityMy OwnSawsWorstCollegeSmartUniversityContrastPrivilegedDecencyGood SenseTurmoilCampusSmart PeopleVery SmartColleges And Universities Author:Samuel Alito
“I realized how little I knew about my own country. I had grown up in the suburbs and, after college, I moved out of the country, so I didn't really know the place well. When I started following soldiers and their families back home, it provoked a lot of the questions about who we are as a nation, questions I realized couldn't be explored through the more limited framework of looking at the military at war and at home.” KnowsWellsLittlesWarCountryHomeNationsMy OwnMilitaryCollegeMovedSoldierFollowingI RealizedWho We AreFrameworkBack HomeSuburbsProvoked Author:Peter van Agtmael