R. Lee Ermey: Even though I disagree with many of the...

Quote	Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates. Copy
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Oscar Wilde
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Quote: We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
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William Shakespeare
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We know what we...

Quote: Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials.Harold E.
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Varmus
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Just after graduation in...

Quote: So, I say to you, forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart and success will come to you.
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Oprah Winfrey
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Quote: It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.
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John F. Kennedy
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Unknown
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Robert Anthony
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Quote: Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.
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Patch Adams
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Spread joy. Chase your...

Quote: For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.Patrick J. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
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Graduation

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Quote: Get busy living or get busy dying.
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Stephen King
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Quote: I had the luxury of skipping the cabinet meeting to attend my daughter's graduation. So many people don't have the luxury of taking an hour away from the workplace to attend indispensable family commitments. We have to change that dynamic.
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Thomas Perez
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I had the luxury...

Quote: I quit drinking in 2002, mere months before my college graduation.
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Chris Gethard
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I quit drinking in...

Quote: So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.
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Ted Nelson
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Graduation

So in my uncertainty,...

Quote: I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.
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Kimberly Bryant
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Graduation

I loved school, was...

Quote: Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.
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David Lee
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Quote: I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
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Bruce Eric Kaplan
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Andy Samberg
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You are graduating from...

Quote: I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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Hamilton Jordan
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Graduation

I went to my...

Quote: Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
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Clive James
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Quote: I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.
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Mark Kennedy
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Quote: I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
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Sara Paretsky
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Quote: I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.
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Fred Allen
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Quote: There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.
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Michelle Obama
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Quote: Don’t be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.
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Ed Helms
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Quote: The highest result of education is tolerance.
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Helen Keller
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Graduation

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Quote: The federal government requires that its loans be paid back within 10 years of graduation, and Harvard has pegged its loans to the same 10-year timetable. Yet despite Harvard's low default rate, the idea of years of loan debt is daunting for some students even before it's time to pay back.
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David Fahrenthold
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Graduation

The federal government requires...

Quote: If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.
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Alan Dundes
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Graduation

If a student takes...

Quote: In response to those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say keep dreaming and make reality.
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Kristian Kan
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Quote: A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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John C. Maxwell
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Quote: You can never plan the future by the past.
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Edmund Burke
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Graduation

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