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• 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.'

  Laura Mvula

  Dad, Cocky, Thinking

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• The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Education, Travel

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• 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.

  Lesley Nicol

  School, Levels, Nightmare

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• Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Learning, Ignorance

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• The educational system is pretty much geared to passing the next exam. You're educated to pass tests and not to understand.

  Noam Chomsky

  Educational, Tests, Next

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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• The only people who never fail are those who never try

  Ilka Chase

  Inspirational, Positive, Failure

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• 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.

  Paul Nurse

  Memories, Enough Time, Examination

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  Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

  Alexander Pope

  Motivational, Education, Learning

  Alexander Pope, Owen Ruffhead (1769). “Life comp. by Owen Ruffhead”, p.180

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• 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.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Education

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2003). “Krishnamurti on Education”, p.57, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

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• 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.

  John Hurt

  Trying, Peculiar, Scripts

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2000.

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• If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

  Nora Roberts

  Motivation, Maximizing, Steps

  Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin

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• There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Stress, Exercise, Smoking

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• 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.

  Hedy Lamarr

  White, House, Experts

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• 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.

  Sarah Sutton

  Teacher, Drama, School

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  If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

  Amy Tan

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Amy Tan (2003). “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life”, p.47, Penguin

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• I crammed my exams in London and did fine.

  Rhona Mitra

  London, Fine

  "Biography/ Trivia". www.imdb.com.

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• If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

  Nora Roberts

  Confidence, Business, Answers

  Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin

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• I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate.

  Daniela Hantuchova

  School, Years, Half

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• 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.

  Len Dawson

  Thinking, Done, World

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• I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Audio CD "Woody Allen: Stand-Up Comic 1964-1968", 1999.

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• 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.

  James Tiptree Jr.

  War, Ideas, Birth Rate

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• We all knew the exam we were going to sit this week.

  Paul McGinley

  Golf, Week

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• In life, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end.

  Anna Quindlen

  Classroom, Ends

  Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

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