“When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.” WellsSchoolFocusPlayerDecidedTheaterQuittingLeagueScholarshipVolleyballIvyI QuitIvy LeagueVolleyball PlayerIvy League Schools Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.” WorldFirstsIdeasDifferentRealWould BeSchoolRomanceGirlWaitingSleepNovelSweetHeroHigh SchoolDecidedMovedDrivenReal WorldValleysRomance NovelMicrocosmSleeping Beauty Author:Francine Pascal
“I hated high school and got to college and realized they didn't care if I showed up because I'd already paid. So I decided, 'I'm going to turn this around.' And I did: I got straight A's and was named 'outstanding senior.” IfsCareSchoolTurnsCollegeHigh SchoolDecidedPaidHatedSeniorOutstanding Author:Pauley Perrette
“Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.” WayImportantSchoolDecidedLots Of Money Author:Kevin Systrom
“But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.” PeopleDoneFeelingsSchoolJobsFeltActingDramaMetsComfortableDecidedTheatreCoffeeSelling Author:Janet McTeer
“At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.” TryingWantedSchoolClearLuckyDirectorsAdultsDecided Author:Stephen Daldry
“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that, and I decided to write them down, but by the time I entered high school, I was confident that I would one day be a writer.” KnowsWritingSchoolKnow HowOne DayHigh SchoolDecidedDaydreaming Author:Mildred D. Taylor
“I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.” YearsChildrenStatesPlayWantedSchoolSocialClassWatchesStudyPsychologyGroupsStudentsBuildingPeriodsAreasDecidedSeriesCaliforniaWelfareDepartmentInstituteGarageApprovedNurserySocial WelfareNursery School Author:Dorothy Nolte
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.” ThinkingYearsMadeHardSchoolLawChoicesThreeParentDecisionHalfCareersConsciousDecidedUniversityOccupationHarshHalf A YearSchool DaysCareers Choices Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.” WantRunningSchoolJobsThreeParentDecidedPursue Author:Lady Gaga
“We decided that our first job was to help the schools serving the children from the very lowest income groups. Those families constitute the number one burden, the number one burden in this Nation on the school systems.” FirstsChildrenHelpingSchoolJobsNationsNumbersEducationGroupsDecidedBurdenIncomeServingLowestSchool System Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“As a matter of fact, I decided in high school that I was going to go to the seminary. And I did study with the Paulist Fathers for two years after high school in full anticipation of becoming a priest.” YearsTwoMatterFactsSchoolFatherStudyBecomingHigh SchoolDecidedTwo YearsPriestsAnticipationMatter Of FactSeminaryAfter High School Author:Bob Gunton
“Anyone having to do with medicine will have looked at Frank Netters art work... I decided I would make him my model... getting my degree in medical illustration and then going on to medical school.” ArtSchoolDegreesModelsDecidedMedicineMedicalFrankIllustrationMedical School Author:David Bolinsky
“School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to be at least paint as I wanted to and say what I wanted to when I painted as that seemed to be the only thing I could do that didn't concern anybody but myself. I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say in any other way things that I had no words for.” WayWantWantedSchoolFoundStupidTaughtPaintingFoolShapesConcernDecidedPaintPainterColourVery Stupid Author:Georgia O'Keeffe
“I decided at school that the only sensible way to make a living by arranging words in a pleasing order was by working on newspapers, because you got paid at the end of the week or the end of the month.” WayEndsSchoolOrderWeekMonthsDecidedPaidNewspapersSensibleArranging Author:Terry Pratchett
“As a result of listening to Aberhart, my father decided to leave the farm in 1927 to study at Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Aberhart's training school.” SchoolFatherResultsStudyListeningTrainingDecidedFarmsInstitutePropheticCalgary Author:Preston Manning
“Yeah, D-Wade called me up last night and said that he saw some film of me in high school and thinks that my form then was better and that I should shoot like that. I told him I'd think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.” ThinkingShouldSaidSchoolLastsFilmFormNightSawsBasketballHigh SchoolDecidedYeahPopsLast NightWadeFree ThrowD Wade Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I had no plans to be an entrepreneur. I just wanted to be a journalist and write for a magazine. At 15, I just decided to leave school and launch a national student magazine.” WritingWantedSchoolPlansStudentsDecidedEntrepreneurMagazinesJournalist Author:Richard Branson
“Pretty much I want to be Steve Wozniak, who I decided I was at a young age and not change. I want to go back to school and get my college degree like I would have without Apple. I want to teach young kids like I would have without Apple. And part of it is I'm accessible. I'm open. And so many people e-mail me and get me. And as much as I can I try to answer people, listen to them, be polite and say yes.” PeopleWantTryingI CanKidsAgeSchoolYoungAnswersTeachCollegeDegreesDecidedApplesMailPoliteYoung AgeCollege Degree Author:Steve Wozniak
“I had much more money than you ever need in your life to live on. So I was giving computer labs to school districts. I was - but then I decided you should really give yourself.” NeedsGivingShouldSchoolComputerDecidedMore MoneyLabsSchool Districts Author:Steve Wozniak
“I don't want everyone to think of me as just 'that kid who called Jesse Jackson a communist in middle school.' That's why I decided to become a famous actress.” ThinkingWantKidsSchoolMiddleDecidedActressesCommunistThink Of MeMiddle SchoolFamous Actress Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A.” YearsWantedSchoolLawPsychologyHigh SchoolProgramDecidedMovedActressesJuniorsMagnetJunior Year Author:Ashley Greene
“When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juilliard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia.” TryingArtSchoolFiguresHigh SchoolDecidedArtisticDramaticAustraliaAcademicAuditionsRoyalAcademyScholarshipInstituteSydneyJuilliard Author:Deborah Kara Unger
“My senior year of high school, I was voted Wittiest. So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.” IfsWritingTryingYearsEnoughHandsSchoolHigh SchoolDecidedWittyIf I CouldSeniorSenior YearWittiestWriting Humor Author:Barbara Park