“Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!” KnowsFallSoundRealizingAdviceCollegeFifteenShallowPreyFreshmanPublicists Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do a whole season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and do a year of plays. Most actors miss the days of live theater.” YearsPlayWholeKidsActorsSoundMissingCollegeSeasonsTheaterFestivalsOregonLive Theater Author:Donal Logue
“In colleges throughout America, students are taught to have disdain for the white race. I know this sounds incredible, or at least exaggerated. It is neither.” KnowsAmericaSoundWhiteRaceStudentsTaughtCollegeIncrediblesExaggeratedDisdainWhite Race Book:Dennis Prager: Volume I Source: Dennis Prager: Volume I
“This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard to make a living as a writer. At that point, I was more interested in fiction writing.” WritingHardWantedSoundFictionCollegeClicheFiction Writing Author:Hooman Majd
“I basically try not to waste any lines in any of my songs, and I think the witty phrases and funny lyrics I have bring a smarter sound to college hip-hop.” ThinkingTryingSongSoundLinesCollegeWasteHip HopWittyHipsPhrasesHopsSmarter Author:Mike Stud
“When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent.” FirstsSaidSoundEffortMistakeClassTelevisionCollegeAccentsAnchorsInstructorsFreshman Author:Charles M. Blow
“I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I was not really into trained voices. Some of the greatest singers can transcend their technical perfection and still sound great.” SaidStillsBigsRememberSoundVoiceClassLaughingCollegePerfectionSingersSincerelyClassical Music Author:Ira Kaplan
“I'm a drummer. I've been playing since I was three. I was in college bands when I was in elementary school: you'd see all these older kids and then this little kid behind the drums creating this big sound.” LittlesBigsKidsSchoolThreeSoundBehindsCollegeBandCreatingLittle KidDrummerElementary School Author:AraabMuzik
“And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.” KnowsWritingTryingKindDifferentProcessUnderstandingSoundComedyFocusTaughtCollegeJokesAspectPerformancesCraftsWriting ComedyImprov Comedy Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it was a music college and we had to take instrument classes there - so I think guitar playing and guitar sounds have always been an influence.” ThinkingPlaySchoolSoundClassInfluenceRocksCollegeGrewGrew UpInstrumentsGuitarPops80sPop MusicGuitar PlayingGuitar Sound Author:Christian Fennesz
“The Hillary Clinton story basically is this. And see how similar this sounds to the old days before the modern era of feminism raised its head. You're a girl, you're a young woman, what do you do? You go off to college. That's what she did. Why do you go? To meet your husband. That's what she did. She wouldn't be where she is if it weren't for her husband.” IfsStoriesYoungGirlSoundFeminismModernCollegeHusbandClintonRaisedErasYoung WomenOld DaysYour HusbandModern EraOff To College Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I spent the '80s in the Soviet Union and when I came to America it was '89 and I was in an immigrant bubble and we didn't have MTV or cable, so I kind of discovered the '80s when I was already older, maybe in college. And I continued to have this romantic obsession with all those films and there's this sound I hear in my head and it's kind of this bittersweet romantic, dark sound.” KindAmericaFilmSoundDarkCollegeUnionsObsessionImmigrantsSovietBubblesSoviet Union80sCablesBittersweetMtv Author:Regina Spektor
“When was about 16 or 17, I was living in Beaumont, Texas and Carlos Montoya came to Lamar College. I went to see him and I didn't know what flamenco was. But when I saw him play, I was blown away that one man on one instrument could make all that sound. I'd learned a lot, but that made a big impact. I had intuition for it. In about three years I learned most of what I know now.” KnowsMenYearsMadePlayBigsThreeSoundSawsCollegeInstrumentsImpactIntuitionOne ManTexasThree YearsBlown AwayFlamencoBig Impact Author:Steve Young
“I went off to college, a good, middle-class, very proper college, a Brethren institution, where two years of Bible study are required for graduation. It was a good, sound, thorough, but completely biased evaluation of the Bible, and I was delighted with it, because it helped to document my doubts; it gave me a framework within which I could be critical.My independent study continued for 20 years after this. So I do know the Bible very well from a Protestant point of view.” KnowsYearsWellsTwoSoundViewsClassStudyDoubtMiddleCollegeIndependentInstitutionsCriticalPoint Of ViewMiddle ClassTwo YearsDocumentsFrameworkDelightedProtestantsThoroughBible StudyBrethrenBiasedEvaluationOff To College Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair