#grad

When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#clubs #college #comedy #enough #entertainer

I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#always #because #competitive #did #even

One half who graduate from college never read another book. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#another #book #college #graduate #half

I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable. ↗

— John Glover

#actor #any #being #gay #graduated

When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#being #did #ended #environment #few

My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore. ↗

— Aly Raisman

#day #done #ever #every #every day

I'm a graduate of Princeton, and I just want to say you don't have to go to an Ivy League school to be on the Supreme Court. ↗

— Richard Land

#go #graduate #i #ivy #ivy league

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts. ↗

— Maya Lin

#got #graduate #graduate school #i #learn

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity. ↗

— Samuel George Morton

#compose #disposition #diversity #extreme #far

Zane.” His voice was hushed and pensive. “Sometimes I’m not capable of expressing how grateful I am for you.” “What do you mean?” Ty put a hand to his own chest, visibly struggling to find the right words. “For your . . . So few people have ever understood the way I work. In here.” He tapped his chest. “Thank you for . . . your insight. ↗

— Abigail Roux

#zane-garrett #insight