“I got a four year scholarship to Harvard, and while I was there they wanted to groom me for work in the Star Wars program designing weapons ignited by hydrogen bombs. I didn't want to do that. I thought about how many scientists had died in World War II.” WorldWantYearsWarWantedScienceStarsFourDesignWeaponsProgramScientistDiedWar Of The WorldsBombsWorld War IiFour YearsWorld War IBiographiesScholarshipHarvardHydrogenHydrogen Bomb Author:Michio Kaku
“But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.” MenMotherFatherStudyRomeElephantsScholarshipElephant Man Author:Isabella Rossellini
“I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.” YearsStatesAmericaChanceUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeBaseballTennisFloridaUnited States Of AmericaScholarshipTennis PlayerSecond Best Author:Jim Courier
“When the time came for me to go to college, there was only one scholarship that my high school offered at the time and I didn't win that one, but that didn't stop me. I went on to college anyway. I worked my way through it and paid my student loans for 11 years.” WayYearsSchoolWinningStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolPaidMy WayLoanScholarshipStudent Loan Author:Chandra Wilson
“Margaret Thatcher was in my year, and our first-year college photograph shows us standing side by side in the back row. We were both grammar school girls on state scholarships.” YearsFirstsStatesShowsSchoolGirlSidesCollegeStandingPhotographGrammarScholarshipGrammar SchoolSchool Girl Author:Nina Bawden
“I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.” ThinkingGivingShouldCollegeAthleteScholarshipBargains Author:Taylor Branch
“Scholarships that allow students to get a good education are important, but first we want to measure the progress that the schools are teaching our students, we want to hold them accountable for the progress, we want to hold the schools accountable for teaching the young people in America.” PeopleWantFirstsImportantSchoolAmericaYoungProgressTeachingStudentsScholarshipGood Education Author:Andrew Card
“It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.” PartyClassProfessorsAcademicScholarship Author:Juan Cole
“I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.” ThinkingKindLongDoneWould BeFunStudyStageLong TimeSingingBe KindScholarship Author:Garret Dillahunt
“I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.” ChurchClassTeachingTaughtCollegeRaisedAbortionWorking ClassScholarshipBaptists Author:Dick Gephardt
“I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I even got a scholarship. But by then, I had started modelling. So, I took a year off to decide what to do. But once you are used to working, it's difficult to get back to studies.” YearsWantedLawUsedDifficultStudyCommunicationMassActressesWorking ItGet BackScholarshipModellingNewcastleMass Communication Author:Esha Gupta
“In America, if you want to make it as a golfer, you go to college on a scholarship. In Australia, you go to the airport with a plane ticket. The competition just isn't there.” IfsWantAmericaCollegeCompetitionPlanesAustraliaTicketsAirportsScholarshipGolfers Author:Stuart Appleby
“Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.” WritingMindStarsVoiceCollegeAmbitionTheaterMusicalScholarshipMusical Theater Author:Alex Flinn
“I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback.” ThinkingYearsSaidStatesSchoolRememberFilmMetsHigh SchoolExcitedDivisionSeniorOnly TimeScholarshipQuarterbackDoubtedOhioSenior YearOhio State Author:Doug Flutie
“I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.” KidsCompanySymphonyScholarship Author:Summer Glau
“When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.” YearsEnoughLostRoomsCollegeHillsBoardsScholarshipHad EnoughTuition Author:Robert Hass
“I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.” YearsMadeLastsFilmGivenMistakeDegreesPermanentFeaturesVacationLast YearFellowshipScholarshipMade A MistakeThesisMayer Author:Jim Jarmusch
“We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.” GivingBelieveChildrenBookHelpingHomeKidsSchoolReadingI BelieveBornHigh SchoolLibraryLiteracyScholarshipCountyPreschoolPreschool Children Author:Dolly Parton