“The sky was so blue. It’s only been five years. My skyline was never marked with an absence. Remember that wine school?… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“Beyond these moments, she could hardly count the fumbling ministrations of boys in high school who, even to her senior prom, never… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
It couldn't have been more nerdy or bizarre, playing the clarinet. But I studied classical clarinet, went to the high school for… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Hunter High School was a real turning point for me. I found out about its existence through the music school. Nobody I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make sure you surround yourself with good friends. I've been fortunate that I was blessed to be surrounded with a great family,… — Robin Lopez Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls school in Connecticut, which particularly in high school is a really formative time. This one nun would… — Margaret Brennan Copy Share Image
“There are certain unwritten rules in high school. High on the list, close to the top, is one that says. ‘Thou shalt… — G.L. Snodgrass Copy Share Image
A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But… — Donnie Wahlberg 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
I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Baseball was popular in the summer, but hockey was big most of the time. With five brothers, you never escaped it. We… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
“It didn't take long to figure out I'll never go back to teaching public high school. Why would I, when I can… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
My interest in chemistry was started by reading Robert Kennedy Duncan's popular books while a high school student in Des Moines, Iowa,… — Wallace Carothers Copy Share Image
The three greatest people in my life as a young person were white, my high school superintendent, my high school coach and… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
I think, as a lot of kids, I had a dream to play Major League Baseball, but I think I was pretty… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend,… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“I wold describe it to you, but I think it's the kind of thing where you have to be there or at… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school… — Barry Marshall Copy Share Image
“compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high school or college graduates, homeowners,… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
“For Oscar, high school was the equivalent of a medieval spectacle, like being put in the stocks and forced to endure the… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I've always been someone who likes to talk to people. When I was a little kid, I sought out freaks and weirdos… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Growing up in a group home, and with an undiagnosed learning disability to boot, the odds of success were not on my… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I'm at the transition place myself, still playing high school girls but moving to a stage when I'm playing older roles and… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
I played football and lacrosse in high school. They wanted me to play football at Amherst, which I did not do because… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA… — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer.… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
“I asked my dad once if his high school teachers began treating kids differently during Vietnam, when they knew some of their… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“And as for those high school students who tell me they would rather be a cat than an MD because they prefer… — Nick Trout Copy Share Image
“Forget the fact that he was the first person I had slept with in almost a year or that even though I… — L.D. Davis 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
“I always felt prom was one of those overrated high school conventions that people put too much importance on, like New Year's… — James Morris Copy Share Image
