Ruth Ann Minner - Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.
Moira Kelly - A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
Bruce Eric Kaplan - I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
James Tobin - Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.
Jasmin Bhasin - I did my graduation in hospitality in Jaipur. When I was working, I started getting offers in modeling and did a few South films.
James D'arcy - It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I'd become an actor.
Tony Finau - I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
Vatsal Sheth - I started with a television serial, 'Just Mohabbat,' when I was in the first year of my graduation.
Alexa Von Tobe - For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early.
Olivia Wilde - I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
Tim O'Brien - I received my draft notice right after graduation from college and had three months before going into the Army in September to think about it.
Joe Baca - Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.
Dick Cheney - From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.
Jerry Moran - One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.
Frances Arnold - I studied mechanical engineering at Princeton and worked on solar energy after graduation.
Claire Danes - I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.
R. Lee Ermey - I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
Tommy Caldwell - I pretty much bailed on high school. I mean, I graduated, but I wasn't even there for my own graduation.
M. H. Abrams - When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
Campbell Brown - The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.
Bruce Eric Kaplan - Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
Stephanie Ruhle - I don't remember at all what was said at my college graduation, and I think that's the case for many people.
Al McGuire - Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
John Katzman - After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don't think I was there more than a month.
Sara Paretsky - I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
Faith Hill - Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.
Mack Brown - All of us have to win games. Whether we like it or not, the graduation rates and all the things people are talking about aren't as important as winning.
Chris Gethard - I quit drinking in 2002, mere months before my college graduation.
Sharmila Tagore - I dropped out of college before graduation. I opted to begin work as an actress.
Gloria Stuart - When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.
Jill Scott - I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.
Frederick Reines - I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.
Mark Kennedy - I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.
Ayelet Waldman - I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.
Nate Dogg - Thirty days after high-school graduation, I went straight into the Marines.
Vishwajeet Pradhan - I have a good grounding in yoga. I have been doing it from my graduation days.
Ted Nelson - In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
Uday Kiran - I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, and I couldn't read the industry very well.
Emma Bonino - The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.
Herb Ritts - Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
Chloe Kim - I missed out on a few proms, homecomings, might miss my graduation. I wouldn't want it any other way... it's worth it.
Vernon Law - They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
Pankaj Kapur - School days were very special to me as I never found the time to complete my graduation.
Jim Evans - My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.
Kevin Spacey - After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
Christina Aguilera - I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
Bebe Rexha - I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
Stephanie Ruhle - Graduation is an important day. It is a significant achievement.
Mohanlal - I was into movies before my graduation results got out. In fact, I was on location of a movie when they came.
Vinod Khanna - After my graduation from Sydenham College with a degree in Commerce, I was spotted by late Sunil Dutt, my idol, to act in films.
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