“I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Fou...” — Claire Danes Quote

“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.”

“Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time.”

“I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged.”

“No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But graduations need not only be obsessed with looking ahead; a graduation can be a day on which we turn back and trace our steps to see how we ended up where we are.”

“The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.”

“I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.”