I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I was 16 I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. My main feedback came from my English teacher,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't… — Phillip Hoose Copy Share Image
I could have been, and may one day well be a high school English teacher, because I've been given so much I… — James McBride Copy Share Image
My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a fabulous English… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
“He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once… — David Means Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be an English teacher and a baseball coach somewhere. — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
There was kind of a pivotal moment in my life in junior high school when my English teacher told me I should… — Sarah Rafferty Copy Share Image
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“What for?!” squalled Eddie. “I wasn’t doin’ nothin’!” So much for Mrs. Perkins the English teacher at Littlepage Elementary.” — Shannon Hill Copy Share Image
“You can achieve the highest level of academic, financial, physical, emotional and spiritual success but you won’t achieve true harmony until you… — Tim J. Brooks Copy Share Image
None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
I still don't know what I'm going to be. I love acting. I would love to be an English teacher. I would… — Bethany Joy Galeotti Copy Share Image
In terms of moments that pushed me toward becoming a writer... My parents, my wife, and my English teacher in the 8th… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
“The expression Jake saw on all the faces, oldest to youngest, was the same: pure joy. Not just that, he thought, and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“But it was hard to picture him as a sales superstar. Gus dressed like a high school English teacher and reminded Joe… — Bob Burg Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once… — Khalid Copy Share Image
Okay the fact that I don't get is when people talk behind your back I don't like Rumors just like today I… — Ashaurhean Mable Copy Share Image
Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“I remember one English teacher in the eighth grade, Florence Schrack, whose husband also taught at the high school. I thought what… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Then he asked me to tell him some stories about India, about America, about Italy, about my family. That's when I realized… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The only reason I acted in school was because of the community. I was in the chorus of every play and was… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“Some people spend their whole life trying to be liked by others. Some people spend their whole life hoping to be liked… — Tim J. Brooks Copy Share Image
“On the Métro heading to school, Anna launched into a wicked impersonation of her enraged English teacher stamping her foot: “Shut zee… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“In short: Write the way people think. Nike knew what it was doing when it coined the slogan “Just do it.” Grammatically,… — Gary Dahl Copy Share Image
It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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