Grade Quotes

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When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up… — River Phoenix
Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have,… — Colin Powell
I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened. — Chris Pratt
I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm… — Lisa Marie Presley
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after Norse mythology. She… — Rick Riordan
I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a… — Rick Riordan
I went to a large consolidated school in Appalachia. And I wrote the story when I was in the second grade and I took it… — Tom Robbins
I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn. — Kid Rock
I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality.… — Steve Sabol
Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things. — Adam Sandler
I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice. — Jill Scott
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was… — Jill Scott
My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and… — Jill Scott
I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. — Amy Sedaris
I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I… — Amy Sedaris
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards… — William Shatner
I don't miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It's like asking, 'Do you miss the fourth grade?' I loved the fourth… — Grace Slick
When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. — Huston Smith
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had… — Bruce Springsteen
I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following… — J. Michael Straczynski

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