#school

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class. ↗

— Maya Lin

#applied #class #dumbest #first #go

I used to spend every morning in detention at my old school. ↗

— Jake Lloyd

#every #i #morning #old #old school

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status. ↗

— Gary Locke

#college #communities #every #get #go

I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies. ↗

— Virginia Madsen

#age #anymore #being #could #get

Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality. ↗

— Mia Maestro

#being #character #going #like #maintain

Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all. ↗

— Ed Markey

#america #comfort #compromising #could #economy

Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag. ↗

— David McFadden

#being #big #both #families #great

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality. ↗

— James McGreevey

#different #different points #ends #going #grappling

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#again #did #had #i #now

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#family #father #mother #schoolteacher #teacher