#college

Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#challenged #college #convinced #dishes #expense

If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship. ↗

— Barack Obama

#billions #break #breaks #choose #college

I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs. ↗

— Victor Cruz

#coming #i #numbers #out #outstanding

See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#available #barack #build #care #child

Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#calculus #college #continue #encouraged #go

I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#came #college #i #interest #later

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#already #business #chapter #college #continue

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#college #degree #got #i #kansas

I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#book #college #common #common sense #even

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#college #did #every #first #high