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Related After high school, I went to VCU and got a B.F.A. in theater. I got to do a bunch of stuff professio... ZACHARY KNIGHTON I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater. RACHAEL MACFARLANE I would love to study musical theater in a big city. New York University and the Boston Conservatory... DEVON WILLIAMS I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's... SAM TSUI When I was a sophomore in college, my father called me at the fraternity. He told me he no longer ha... TERRY J. LUNDGREN When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but ... DEONTAY WILDER As I started doing really well, some college coaches started to notice me. By the end of my junior y... CASSANDRA PARTYKA I'm actually one of the few kids in my grade, especially girls, who didn't end up going to c... ALEX WINSTON I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. BERNIE WORRELL I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I was born and grew up in Phoenix, and I left there when I was 17 to go to Interlochen Arts Academy ... KIMIKO GLENN That's when we was makin this video stuff. They went all over the place makin it. And they was wanti... HASIL ADKINS It was nice to see the setting of college before I actually entered. You learn to live on your own, ... JULISSA VENTURA That's when we was makin this video stuff. They went all over the place makin it. And they was w... HASIL ADKINS I actually didn't really go to college. I enrolled and never showed up. Being on a college campu... ADAM RODRIGUEZ When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade... BILL COSBY The rule was I had to go to college, and I couldn't even go to theater camp. BETTY GILPIN My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Do... NAOMI KLEIN I do regret that when I went to college, I didn't have a liberal arts education. I got a BFA in ... HEATHER DUBROW Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice s... ALEX FLINN In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true ... TROIAN BELLISARIO For the average student to incur that kind of debt, with interest, boggles my mind. I don't know how... GEORGE KNOX What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ Being an actress wasn't realistic. I knew that I was going to have to do it in a way that would ... GINA RODRIGUEZ I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and rea... BRANTLEY GILBERT When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I... JOVAN ADEPO I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I worked at a movie theater in Tempe, Arizona, when I went to community college there. And I got fir... BILL HADER My first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist. JOHN UPDIKE People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or n... MICHAEL MOORE On Thanksgiving Day, 2011, my pastor Peter Jonker preached a marvelous sermon on Psalm 65 with an in... CORNELIUS PLANTINGA JR. How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in an... DARREN CRISS I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. B... DAMON WAYANS, JR. When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piec... AUDRA MCDONALD I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; ... R. L. STINE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I always planned on being a head football coach. When I was in college I worked for Florida State's ... ANDY SCHMITZ At art college, I started to do music and then painting and drawing - and that would have been my id... SEAN BEAN I started piano when I was four. My mom taught me. And then I went to Manhattan School of Music duri... CHARLIE PUTH In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got dis... GARRETT NEFF Going to college and studying music is not a bad idea at all. I don't know if you can go to coll... BLAKE SHELTON I went to college at San Francisco State and supported myself working the graveyard shift at a brewe... DAVID CARRADINE It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I was tired of (cooking) and wanted to do the college thing. LARS TATOM On 'Undeclared,' I was actually the only person who had gone to college. Here we are doing t... CARLA GALLO Growing up I pulled for Notre Dame and also Miami and Boston College. When it came down to it those ... ERIC OLSEN My family did not talk about college. No one went to college. I was the first one to go and the firs... ALISHA VALENZUELA I had done theater during high school and college, but with my life and everything I had going on, I... DASCHA POLANCO I thought that I wrote songs and wrote music, and that was sort of what I thought I was best at doin... DAVID BOWIE I came from the musical stage. My first show was '110 In The Shade.' I started as a ballet d... LESLEY ANN WARREN When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and ... OM PURI I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and... CHELSEA KANE I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I wa... ANNETTE BENING By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I re... ALBERT MALTZ In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't... KINA GRANNIS I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, fr... NORMAN LLOYD We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS
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SETH ROLLINS Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told.... SETH GODIN Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the t... SETH GODIN A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an id... SETH GODIN The number one thing to steal from your competitors: Wisdom. SETH GODIN My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improve... SETH GODIN One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabular... SETH GODIN At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet. SETH GODIN The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following... SETH GODIN True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will... SETH BROWN God save us from people who mean well. VIKRAM SETH If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have to actually eat it to k... SETH EISENBERG Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can't make up their own minds. SETH HOFFMAN Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pre... SETH GODIN And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change p... SETH GODIN Admittedly, it would take industrial-grade chutzpah and a massive dose of malevolence for anyone to ... SETH SHOSTAK When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics... SETH SHOSTAK It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormo... SETH SHOSTAK My styles range quite a bit. I go for an all-around kind of fan. Never wanted to be the dude that co... SETH ROLLINS Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives ra... VIKRAM SETH Today's voguish threats, including climate change, population growth, massive war, and resource ... SETH SHOSTAK It's worth noting that invoking God as the entity who set our universe in motion isn't contr... SETH SHOSTAK The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes. SETH GODIN I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designer... SETH GREEN A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in o... SETH SHOSTAK Working with Al Pacino was an amazing experience. He's such an amazing guy. He's an incredib... SETH NUMRICH I don't make the best movies in the world, but at times, I do feel like I'm adding something... SETH ROGEN Are two eyes, four appendages and an upright posture really essential for any creature that can ace ... SETH SHOSTAK For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment... SETH BERKLEY The thing to keep in mind is that we're still in the very early days when it comes to the search... SETH SHOSTAK 'What was there before the Big Bang?' That's a question that both kids and adults love t... SETH SHOSTAK The great city can teach something that no university by itself can altogether impart: a vivid sense... SETH LOW You can't stop wars to build tertiary teaching hospitals, but you can say, 'Let's stop f... SETH BERKLEY I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the wor... SETH BERKLEY When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course... SETH BERKLEY Investments in immunization yield a rate of return on a par with educating our children - and higher... 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SETH SHOSTAK 'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this... SETH GABEL Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's ... SETH GODIN I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature. VIKRAM SETH I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my... SETH SHOSTAK Note to academics: Aristarchus' track record of astronomical research would probably have guaran... SETH SHOSTAK The Moon is a ball of left-over debris from a cosmic collision that took place more than four billio... SETH SHOSTAK The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining t... SETH SHOSTAK Ever since the infamous quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the feds had insisted that TV game shows be... SETH SHOSTAK The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing. SETH ROGEN After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor. SETH ROGEN Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. SETH GODIN When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only ... SETH GODIN Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and au... VIKRAM SETH I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the... SETH GREEN I've noticed that girls between like 20 and 30 seem to know 'Can't Hardly Wait.' I g... SETH GREEN In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and co... VIKRAM SETH Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or dr... SETH SHOSTAK I've often fantasized about visiting the Bahamian beach where Columbus first stumbled ashore in ... SETH SHOSTAK The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the law... SETH SHOSTAK The usual metric for whether a planet is habitable or not is to ascertain whether liquid water could... SETH SHOSTAK We can never prove that we're alone in the universe. But the Allen Telescope Array could prove t... SETH SHOSTAK Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifte... SETH SHOSTAK My biological dad was Armenian. My last name is Lopez, and I have a darker complexion, which throws ... SETH ROLLINS