My family was progressive yet traditional in their…

I came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father.

— Theodore C. Sorensen

Stella Creasy has always been a rebel with a cause.

— Cathy Newman

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

— Nina Simone

Both my parents wanted me to excel academically, like every other parent. They wanted me to pursue my higher studies.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

— Gia Coppola

I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.

— Eric Andre

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation.…

— Brian McKnight

I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.

— David Ulevitch

I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other…

— Ben Barnes

I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

— Sami Gayle

I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that…

— Sonja Sohn

“I broke with the academic style because I decided that life is very short, very mysterious, and I didn't have the time to waste…

— Mev Puleo

Colgate is the epitome of having it both ways. Academically, it ranks in the top twenty schools in the country, but it is also…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.

— A. S. Byatt

I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to…

— Emily Mortimer