Education : (1041)

" I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute. " - Loni Anderson

" Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country. " - Bill Frist

" In 1981, when I passed out of Class 12, you could either become a doctor or an engineer. If you did not take up Science in Class 12, you were not considered a good student. The Arts were a no-no. " - Anubhav Sinha

" I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I’m so glad I did. I knew lots of people who’d gone there, so I always had my mind set on it. " - Katy B

" When I was 19, I took a train from Houston to New York, and I had in my lap the collected works of William Shakespeare. The play I read on that journey was ‘Titus Andronicus.’ " - Ellen Burstyn

" When Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students attend our country’s wonderful colleges and universities, so they could share in the American Dream. " - Sheldon Whitehouse

" I haven’t been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children’s literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them. " - Beverly Cleary

" I knew how to sing in choirs and sing in church, but I didn’t know how to sing in a studio. That’s what Darlene and the Blossoms taught me to do – to be a studio singer. " - Merry Clayton

" My aunt, who plays the role of my mother now, she got her Ph.D. " - Jahlil Okafor

" Being able to access that Stanford alumni network was huge – I actually interned at PayPal while I was at Stanford and learned a lot. Being in that environment and learning about it as a student was really fun. " - Joe Lonsdale