I was an English
I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years. Elizabeth Edwards
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I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years. Elizabeth Edwards
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer. Fred Savage
There’s no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. David Brin
On behalf of the newspaper industry I wish to announce some changes we’re making to serve you better. When I say ‘serve you better,” I mean ‘increase our profits.’ We newspapers are very big on profits these days. We’re a business, just like any other business, except that we employ English majors. Dave Barry
I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid. Dan Mangan
More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a novel, let alone a really brilliant one. Dan Mangan
I do tend to be an analyzer. I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. Cynthia Nixon
Absolutely, but let me qualify that – I consider myself an authentic feminist. Not as defined by the modern movement. And, let me clarify that a little bit more. I was an English major, so break it down: -ist means one who celebrates. As a feminist, I celebrate my femininity. Christine O’Donnell
I had higher math SATs than in English – yet I became an English major in college. Christie Hefner
I like to say I had a very varied undergraduate education. I was an English major first, and then at the end of my college career I decided I was interested in urban planning. I became an urban studies major, with a minor in poetry. I don’t think I knew what I was looking for … Read more