Cases Quote by Anna Chlumsky

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that…

— Julie Taymor

I finished high school and enrolled in my local community college. I got ten credits out of the way. Ever since Twilight hit, its…

— Taylor Lautner

I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is…

— Ursula Burns

I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.

— Freeman A. Hrabowski III

I had to keep up with my schoolwork so I could keep up my grades. That was tough to balance both being a superstar…

— Darci Lynne Farmer

At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.

— Hugh Nibley

I wanted to get everything right. I was super nerdy and academic. I got so much satisfaction out of getting good grades.

— Tatiana Maslany

My senior year at College Park, University of Maryland, I took an elective class in crime fiction taught by Charles C. Mish. He turned…

— George Pelecanos

I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis…

— Tyler Hilton

Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read…

— Fergie

Academically, I think things kicked off pretty late for me. I was kind of one of those kids who was in half honors, half…

— Michael Seibel

I always thought I was going to end up teaching ninth grade, specifically, because I had a lot of really formative influences, I think,…

— Tim Ferriss