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I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2.… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
I have a bumper sticker that Bowen created that says Regardless of my kids grades, they have an 'A' in my book'.… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
[The building of the transcontinental railway] was something truly earth-shaking and, whether or not there had been a dime in it for… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
There was something in me, even leaving fifth grade, that hit me and said, "I have to get out of here. I… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make in life.… — Kirstie Alley Copy Share Image
I think we have lost our way when people like the [board of] governors and the CEO of the NYSE fail to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
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I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct… — James Frain Copy Share Image
I believe that part of what propels science is the thirst for wonder. It's a very powerful emotion. All children feel it.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The literacy level at Mississippi prisons? Fifth grade. Can't read, what are you going to do? If you've got a conviction rap,… — Marian Wright Edelman 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
If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
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I grew up in a very small, close-knit, Southern Baptist family, where everything was off-limits. So I couldn't wait to get to… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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In my fifth-grade yearbook - it's right up there on the top shell - the last page says, "What about your future?"… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
I swore I would never get involved in my dad's life. But then he started blowing it. So I had to get… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
“Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was… — J. Ruth Gendler Copy Share Image
Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
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