“I'm not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process. We do the same thing with all our players. We take a look, as I said, at their personal family life, we look at the history of what they've done in high school and college.” PeopleLooksSaidDoneAbleSchoolProcessPlayerCollegeInvolvedHigh SchoolOngoingFamily LifeJudicial Author:Bill Belichick
“It came time to go to college. My dad said, go wherever you want. Take whatever you want. He just really believed in getting out and being exposed to different things.” WantSaidDifferentCollegeDadMy DadDifferent ThingsExposed Author:Ray Liotta
“When I was a child I could do math and art, so I had left- and right-brain capabilities. But I've seen my children, who are more right-brained, struggling. My son was told he wouldn't make it to college, but he dogged it through and ended up being accepted by 10 major art schools after the high school advisor said, "Please don't apply. You're going to be disappointed." That kid's an artist now.” ChildrenArtSaidKidsSchoolArtistLeftBrainStruggleCollegeSonPleaseMajorsHigh SchoolMathAcceptedMy ChildrenMy SonDisappointedCapabilityArt SchoolAdvisorsLeft And RightBeing Accepted Author:Frank Gehry
“Hillary Clinton said we need to bring back vocational education in high school. We need to support community colleges. We need to make sure that people who are not going to finish college have a job waiting for them and the skills to do the job. These are all - have become fairly standard Democratic policy positions.” PeopleNeedsSaidSchoolJobsWaitingCommunitySupportPolicyPositionCollegeSkillsStandardsHigh SchoolDemocraticClintonCommunity CollegeVocational Education Author:George Packer
“Angle of Repose is one of my favorite books. I fell in love with it in college. When I submitted The Night Journal to my agent she got very excited because she said it reminded her of Angle of Repose.” SaidBookNightCollegeMy FavoriteExcitedAgentsJournalAngleReposeFavorite Book Author:Elizabeth Crook
“The Electoral College said that [Donald Trump] is the president, he's the president.But as a president, you also have to build. And if I'm sitting there and part of his team and I go look, we're probably not going to win the next election with 46 percent of the vote, so people like John Lewis and all these other groups, you have to start building bridges toward, this week was a disaster because he is burning bridges, not building them.” PeopleIfsLooksSaidNextWinningPresidentGroupsWeekTeamBuildingCollegeTrumpPercentSittingVoteElectionDisasterBurningBridgesElectoral CollegeBuilding BridgesBurning Bridges Author:Jason Chaffetz
“I was terrified of graduating college and not knowing what I was going to do. I saw the auditions for Idol and thought, Why not? I always liked to sing. You know when they asked, "Are you the next American Idol?" I said yes, but I didn't mean it.” KnowsMeanSaidNextKnowingSawsCollegeWhy NotGraduatesIdolsNot KnowingTerrifiedAuditionsAmerican IdolCollege Graduates Author:Carrie Underwood
“The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. And I said they don't know nothing. Imagine something. Do you know what it's like to be a Madame in Paris, when you're too old to have any clients. No, you don't. I don't either. Write about it.” KnowsWritingSaidSchoolCreativeImagineCollegeHigh SchoolParisDo You KnowFormulasClientsCreative Writing Author:Toni Morrison
“For those of us who got into good colleges or the professions, did we stand up to that high school history teacher who told us some ridiculous lie about American history and say, "That's a ridiculous lie. You're an idiot"? No. We said, "All right, I'll keep quiet, and I'll write it in the exam and I'll think, yes, he's an idiot." And it's easy to say and believe things that improve your self-image and your career and that are in other ways beneficial to yourselves.” ThinkingWayWritingBelieveSaidSelfSchoolLyingEasyCareersTeacherCollegeQuietHigh SchoolProfessionRidiculousIdiotAmerican HistoryBeneficialExamHistory TeacherGood CollegeSchool History Author:Noam Chomsky
“I know people are really interested in everything that the celebrities are doing, even if you don't consider yourself a "celebrity." What always would drive me crazy is - I took ethics classes in college - and it always amazes me how there would blatantly be something that I did not say in quotation marks. If you're putting quotation marks around it, it better be exactly what that person said.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsSaidClassCrazyCollegeEthicsMarkQuotationsDrive Me CrazyQuotation Marks Author:Carrie Underwood
“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
“I left school December of 1988. I was 21 at the time. And I hadn't quite finished my degree because I had done eight semesters, not understanding that I was going to have to finish the degree without the TAPP and Pell grant money that I had been using towards paying for much of my college tuition. And I didn't have any money. So I said, "Alright." And circumstances there were such that I thought it was maybe time to move on anyway.” SaidDoneSchoolMovingLeftUnderstandingCollegeCircumstancesDegreesEightFinishedGrantsAlrightDecemberTuitionSemesterTime To Move OnCollege TuitionPell Grants Author:Jon Gordon
“I can't deny that I was an intellectual prostitute along the way many, many times in college. I can remember one examination where they said. "Describe the Devil," and in order to get 12 points on that question one had to say that the Devil was red and had a forked tail and cloven hoofs and fangs and horns on his head. So I merrily wrote this answer down and got my 12 points. I always got straight hundreds in Bible study.” WaySaidI CanRememberOrderAnswersStudyCollegeIntellectualDevilRedDown AndDenyTailsThey SaidHornsExaminationFangsBible Study Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.” PeopleGivingMaySaidEnoughSchoolNightTeacherTalentCollegeGiving UpHigh SchoolCraftsGood EnoughDon't Give UpHad EnoughNot Good EnoughHoning Author:Lea Michele