I was trying to find out what happened in my lifetime, because I was an older man. We lived through two terms… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
The school in the Yorkshire mining village in which my father grew up in the 1920s and 1930s allowed only a few… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
I think I might have played a song on piano or guitar in a school talent show. I went to an all… — Lapsley Copy Share Image
The Figurehead of American Public Education Who Prefers Private Religious Education (!)All things equal, I would prefer to have a child in… — Rod Paige Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I found literature and history interesting, but science not at all. Literature and history obviously involved… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
In my senior year of high school, I read an article in 'Newsweek' about child soldiers in Sierra Leone. I felt a… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
In 2006, the number of children in targeted school choice programs nationwide will reach six digits for the first time, representing a… — Clint Bolick Copy Share Image
I was very quick; I did nothing but play the piano apart from being at school. I was at home with my… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I still use the pronoun she for my publicity materials, and for mainstream media stuff, for two reasons: the first is that… — Rae Spoon Copy Share Image
I kicked out of my first wrestling school. Me and my old partner and a bunch of other friends, we were so… — Eddie Kingston Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I felt a little lost as a student. At Iowa, I felt as if I had gotten into this program that was… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that… — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
“Got it. You're fourteen. I'm proud you can count that high. It's a testament to the modern American education system. But I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Invincible Copy Share Image
I couldn't even speak in front of a group of students when I was in high school. I could barely do that… — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
Authors of light pieces have, nobody knows why, a genius for getting into minor difficulties: they walk into the wrong apartments, they… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, a rural community south of Norman. My family moved to Enid, Oklahoma, in… — Harold Hamm Copy Share Image
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Something happens in school sometimes where you're like, 'Oh, I'm not an expert, and I have to defer to people who are.'… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
Having visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and… — Morten Tyldum Copy Share Image
We don't know whether we'll be able to go to school because of budgetary constraints; that might not be bad because the… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing… — Madisen Beaty Copy Share Image
But I have to say, in my 12 years as the dean of admissions at Yale Law School, there was a lot… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There are many ways of writing badly about painting... There is an 'appreciative' language of threadbare, not inaccurate, but overexposed and irritating… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
What I got in Sunday school ... was simply a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing… — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
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When you're going to school primarily for career purposes, it's more important to focus on which program is best for you. In… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
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