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" I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer. "

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" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "

" Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia. "

" So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened. "

" In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. "

" Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first paycheck from a career pathway job. "

Gerald Chertavian

" At a very young age, my beloved mother passed away from leukemia, forcing my father to become a single dad. Rather than coddle me, shelter me, or do things for me, he taught me to 'Make the Case' for everything in life - from my first job to a graduation trip I wanted. "

Kimberly Guilfoyle

" I decided to move out of the apartment I was sharing with my best friend before graduation and move back home. My parents had recently separated, and I wanted to move back home with my mom and my siblings. "

Katherine Schwarzenegger

" I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. "

" I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one. "

" At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways. "

Laurie Anderson

" I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people. "

" When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her. "

Sheryl Sandberg

" 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. "

" After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers. "

" If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation. "

" Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. "

" I like adventure. "

" 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. "

" Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree. "

Ruth Ann Minner

" I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them. "

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" 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. "

" I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts. "

" Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness. "

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" I started traveling, performing, doing photo shoots and working on new music. At the same time, I was juggling homework and trying not to miss out on too many experiences during my junior and senior years - like prom and graduation. "

" After graduation, I moved to Los Angeles to do more theater, not realizing there is very little theater in L.A. It was a lucky mistake, though, because after just 2 1/2 months of waiting tables, my TV and film career really took off. "

Nicholas Gonzalez

" I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "