Attention Quote by William Friedkin

I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a…

— Emmylou Harris

When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

When I grew up, I was just another kid who wasn't going to college.

— Scottie Pippen

I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.

— Terry J. Lundgren

From a very early age, I've had to interrupt my education to go to school.

— George Bernard Shaw

My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.

— Sunny Hostin

I didn't wanna be looked at as no idiot, and I didn't wanna feel like I was uneducated, because I really stopped going to…

— Nipsey Hussle

Growing up, I didn't ever think I was going to go to college because, financially, my parents just couldn't handle it.

— Dawn Staley

I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those…

— Duane G. Carey

I didn't really know I wanted to act when I was a child. I have a lot of interests, and I really wanted to…

— Jordan Bridges

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

— Mary J. Blige

When I look at my own career, growing up, I was doing really well at age 11, but it was kind of isolating because…

— Michelle Kwan