I was in Mumbai pursuing my graduation in mass media; I was not sure what to do. I tried my hand at a couple of different things. I joined an acting school after that and eventually things fell in place.
Copy Quote View & ShareI started with a television serial, 'Just Mohabbat,' when I was in the first year of my graduation.
Copy Quote View & ShareI had the luxury of skipping the cabinet meeting to attend my daughter's graduation. So many people don't have the luxury of taking an hour away from the workplace to attend indispensable family commitments. We have to change that dynamic.
Copy Quote View & ShareI think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can't imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.
Copy Quote View & ShareI was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
Copy Quote View & ShareI 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareAfter 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareI loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy first college internship was at Sony Pictures Entertainment in Los Angeles. My second internship was at McKinsey & Company as a consultant - that turned into my first job after graduation.
Copy Quote View & ShareI did freelance cartooning off and on from college graduation in 1991 through ABC News hiring me in 2003. I did a weekly comic strip for 'Roll Call' for about nine years. I sold cartoons and caricatures to 'The Los Angeles Times' and 'The Washington Post.' I drew as much as I could. It's really tough to make a living doing it.
Copy Quote View & ShareAfter graduation from high school, I attended the university entrance examination, and fortunately, I was accepted by the Department of Pharmacy and became a student at the Medical School of Peking University.
Copy Quote View & ShareI always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared of that choice than I was of New York, and I thought, at 22, I should get it over with.
Copy Quote View & ShareI was a radio jockey after graduation. I was 22, the youngest RJ in Delhi at that time.
Copy Quote View & ShareThey couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
Copy Quote View & ShareI had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
Copy Quote View & ShareI don't remember at all what was said at my college graduation, and I think that's the case for many people.
Copy Quote View & ShareNo one has ever asked me to give a graduation speech. But in my years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs, many of them in college, I've gotten used to giving advice.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I came to Chennai from Coimbatore after my graduation, looking for acting chances, it was for dubbing that I was first tried.
Copy Quote View & ShareI have a good grounding in yoga. I have been doing it from my graduation days.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery time I attend an FBI graduation for new agents or new analysts at Quantico, a significant number of those graduates are former state and local officers, and I have the privilege of shaking their hands, presenting them with their credentials, and welcoming them to the FBI family.
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