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" I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation. "

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" After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count. "

" My graduation was an amazing moment for my family, my community. In my early childhood, we lived on a subsidized income, with government assistance - at one point when I was growing up, my mother was making $14,000 a year. Now I had made it out of the hood, so to speak. "

" This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! "

" The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events. "

" I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers. "

" 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. "

" I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal. "

" The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. "

Robert M. Hutchins

" Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. "

" The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore. "

" Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. "

" I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information. "

" I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced. "

" One half who graduate from college never read another book. "

G. M. Trevelyan

" I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen. "

" I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer. "

James Green Somerville

" I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree. "

" 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. "

" You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing. "

Gil Scott-Heron

" Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up. "

" It's very interesting, if you look at a study that was done by the Brookings Institute back in 2009, they determined that if Americans do three things, they can avoid poverty. Three things. Work, graduate from high school, and get married before you have children. "

" At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does. "

" I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings. "

" The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. "

" Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. "

" Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals. "

" I have actually five honorary degrees. "

Katherine Dunham

" I have a good cry once in a while; it's such a great release. Or it could be a cry of joy - watching your child being born or your child walking across a graduation stage. "

Raheem DeVaughn

" Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate. "

" I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium. "