In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I would participate in almost every possible competition. I also went on to represent my school and… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
I did two years at art school in criticism and curatorial practice, but I dropped out because I was frustrated that there… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
President-elect John F.Kennedy said to Robert McNamara that there's no school for presidents, or, for that matter, for secretaries of defense. — James M Strock Copy Share Image
We used to go to Palm Springs, ditch school when I was in eleventh grade, and go hang out poolside with our… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
That's where the conflict starts. We all want for a wife a combination Sunday school teacher and a $500-a-night hooker. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
During the time of Atlantis, members of the Mystery Schools discovered and developed specific concentration exercises that they found would radically increase… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What the sick need is teachers not treaters, health schools not hospitals, instruction not treatment, education in right living not training the… — Herbert M. Shelton Copy Share Image
I went to elementary school in Goodeve, Saskatchewan, a small Ukrainian town. I played a lot of hockey, a lot of ball.… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
Business schools must make the issues of leadership, teamwork, and culture a clearly visible priority if we are to maintain legitimacy and… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I… — Dichen Lachman Copy Share Image
The president is that invisible force that makes a school of fish suddenly change direction, so that everyone 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' at… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Before playing football, I didn't fit in anywhere. My parents didn't have a lot of money, which they spent on our education… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
“The societies kids naturally form are tribal. Gangs, clubs, packs. But we're herded into schools and terrified into behaving. Taught how we're… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
At about the age of ten, during a late summer visit to Sears to buy school clothes, I became aware of the… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I would probably keep it old school with The Isley Brothers. Their music relaxes me and I can listen to it all… — Virgil Green Copy Share Image
“More important, while these students were in school, I was learning from life. And so I have something to offer that they… — Yeonmi Park Copy Share Image
I saw the yearbook picture. There was six of them! I ain't have six friends in high school, I don't have six… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result… — Peter Brimelow Copy Share Image
It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied—so much so that there were days when I… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Cleanliness and sanitation were closest to Gandhiji's heart. We will launch a 'Clean India' campaign and by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary, all… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart.… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
I could see myself coaching at the high school level, but I'd really love to coach at UCLA. That would be a… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
I think when you're in high school, you just feel things so intensely. All your emotions are so heightened: your crushes, your… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
My first two years, with Metro, were quite unproductive. Then I had a year at Columbia that was a complete disaster. — Amanda Blake Copy Share Image
I don't want any competition; I've finally made it! I don't want any young bucks knocking me off and taking my job,… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
When I look at 55 percent of our black men dropping out of school, how bad off are we going to be… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
School is basically about one point of view - the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
I remember when I had to copy writing off the board at school it just looked to me like a magic eye… — Tom Burke Copy Share Image
My mum grew up in Oldham and was going to work at a cigarette factory till she decided to go to drama… — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, one doesn't get typecast. You can play a mother in one film and take up the role of a high… — Koena Mitra Copy Share Image
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. Three times in my twenties. Rocks no salt. Yes.… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I think school is so important. I was good student. A rebel, but I did well in my studies. I don't close… — Bruno Tonioli Copy Share Image
School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
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