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• I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be… — A. S. Byatt
• There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why… — Denis Leary
• If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then… — Zoe Weil
• I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut… — Brian McKnight
• All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa… — Ernie Pyle
• I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was… — Carlisle Floyd
• Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling… — Ron Suskind
• The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I… — LeRoy Neiman
• Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically. — David Barton
• People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It… — Sugar Ray Leonard
• I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount… — Emily Mortimer
• As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just… — Brad Sherman

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