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Neil Simon

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

Neil Simon

Graduation

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Neil Simon is humorously saying that people who receive honorary degrees often didn't qualify for college through normal academic tests like the SAT. He also jokes that his own low SAT scores pushed him to become a comedian instead of pursuing a traditional academic path.

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