I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
The educational system is pretty much geared to passing the next exam. You're educated to pass tests and not to understand.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The only people who never fail are those who never try
I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts don't necessarily read in script form anything like as well as they can do when it comes to materialising.
If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teachers diploma.
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
I crammed my exams in London and did fine.
If you don't ask, the answer is always no.
I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate.
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done.
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.
We all knew the exam we were going to sit this week.
In life, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end.
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