“I believe each incoming freshman [in college] must be started at once on his own research project if we are to preserve his secret dream of greatness and make it come true.” IfsBelieveDreamI BelieveSecretGreatnessCollegeProjectsResearchPreservesFreshman Author:Edwin Land
“I think a lot of high-profile artists like to make people think that. Oh, Im trying to choose my next project. This is a job. Sometimes your next job is so you can provide for your family; your kids are 16 and getting ready to go to college.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesKidsJobsArtistNextCollegeReadyProjectsOur FamilyProfileHigh Profile Author:Michael Cudlitz
“I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen Deacons-Brock) at N.C Central University assigned me to perform a one woman show for my final project and it was then, along with her encouragement, that it was time for me to move to NY in pursuit of a professional acting career.” YearsShowsWantedMovingActingCareersCollegeProjectsEncouragementFinalsUniversityProfessionPursuitPursueProfessorsOne WomanSophomoreSophomore YearDeacons Author:April Parker Jones
“I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.” KnowsPlayWantedFootballCollegeProjectsToughFanaticsSidelinesCollege FootballFootball Fan Author:Chad Pennington
“The Electoral College is a project that calls on their judgment. If we don't like it, we can talk about how to eliminate it. I'm not quite convinced we should eliminate it completely. I think it's important to have a final check be somebody other than the Supreme Court. But given that it's there, we should take it seriously. And taking it seriously says they should exercise their judgment according to the moral values, the principles that are part of our constitutional tradition today. And those principles say equality.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantTodayValuesGivenMoralPrinciplesCollegeExerciseJudgmentProjectsTraditionCourtFinalsConvincedSupremeChecksSupreme CourtMoral ValuesElectoral College Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked on in college. A friend of mine asked me to do a stage reading of that book and I was just completely blown away because, at that point, I was like, 'Acting's having fun with your friends and making people laugh.'” PeopleMenBookReadingFunActingLaughingStageMinesCollegeLuckyProjectsHaving FunInterviewsMaking People LaughHideousBlown Away Author:John Krasinski