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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
“As you continue to shift responsibilities and roles during the last years of high school, be sure to initiate honest dialogue with… — Melissa Shultz Copy Share Image
I'm a skinny, geeky, high school dropout - it works, kids! Sensitive guys always get the girl. You'll get laid 10 times… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
“..I met two young guys from the Oregon National Guard... The lieutenant told me about their temporary barracks in an old neighborhood… — Billy Sothern Copy Share Image
I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules:… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I believe my high school book said I was most likely to become a candlestick maker. Guessing I didn't exactly exude confidence… — Arlene Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Without ever having met the Dharma, the Buddha’s legacy to the world, and without having developed a good heart, everything we do… — Lama Zopa Rinpoche Copy Share Image
After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons I hate Hollywood so much is that they portray the travails of teen life as so innocuous and… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
“I still remember the day I first came across the Internet. It was back in 1993, when I was in high school.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
In 1985 I graduated from Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and I was their first African American homecoming queen. You would… — Cynthia Bailey Copy Share Image
Six Secrets to Being a Successful Humorist 1. Be scared, unhappy, and an outcast as a kid. 2. Drop out of high… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
I was in the chorus in high school, not a soloist. I was on the basketball team. I was in modern dance,… — Eva Marie Saint Copy Share Image
I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the… — Tyson Gay Copy Share Image
The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes… — Ramin Bahrani Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to so many different things, and having a dad that also sang, music was innately born into me.… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
“There were rumors at the high school of girls who’d had to depart suddenly to “live with relations.” One of these, Loretta… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I'm talking a lot on financing in the Masterclass and I know what it means to because I had to finance my… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
In high school, I was so obsessed with the movie that I started an actual 'Highlander' club with my two best friends,… — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
I try to tell my guys, don't wish your way out of high school. You never get to go back to high… — Tom Izzo Copy Share Image
I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
“There are more and more visibly weird and freaky people in the world these days, and it’s high time we stop carrying… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Being bullied is the reason I got into boxing. When I was 14, I was being bullied by a kid in junior… — Daniel Jacobs Copy Share Image
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In high school, sometimes you just can't help who you have a crush on and who you fall for! If you fall… — Jillian Rose Reed Copy Share Image
One thing that did happen to me, though - in high school, there was a club to help prepare people for scholarships… — Judith Love Cohen Copy Share Image
Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly… — Ike Barinholtz Copy Share Image
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When I was in high school and college, I'd always been into websites, and when you'd read about sites and the companies… — Alan Schaaf Copy Share Image
“I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying to… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be… — Barry Sanders Copy Share Image
Dreamland Studios then was my bedroom at my parents' house, mostly [starring] people who were in my high school. They look straight… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I had learning problems when I was in elementary school, and didn't really start to read well until high school. I never… — Lauren Tarshis Copy Share Image
“Wherever you go, Provincetown will always take you back, at whatever age and in whatever condition. Because time moves somewhat differently there,… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“I learned many things at Dixie County High School. There was a class called Life Management. One week we brought in a… — Damon Thomas Copy Share Image