#grade

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice. ↗

— Jill Scott

#grade #i #listening #more #practice

When I was in the 9th grade I was flunking out of high school. And that's why I'm so encouraged by the fact that America is the place where opportunity and American exceptionalism is alive and well. ↗

— Tim Scott

#america #american #encouraged #fact #grade

I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#biggest #biggest problem #failed #failure #feel

I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#androgynous #bit #club #club scene #got

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#finish #five #get #glad #grades

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#course #days #grade #grade school #just

I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#both #brings #constant #fine #game

The ninth grade. I went from 5'9" to 6'8". ↗

— Bubba Smith

#i #ninth #went

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

#found #grade #i #like #made

I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money. ↗

— Ben Stein

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