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• The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  Twitter post from Feb 11, 2014

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• The only way you can invent tomorrow is if you break out of the enclosure that the school system has provided for you by the exams written by people who are trained in another generation.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  School, People, Way

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science Literacy (Part Two)". "Moyers & Company" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. January 24, 2014.

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• When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Education, Wisdom, Cheating

  Twitter post from Apr 14, 2013

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• I'm drinking away the exam results that don't take me anywhere.

  Steven Herrick

  Drinking, Results, Take Me

  Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

  Joel Garreau

  Real, Finals, Alternatives

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• There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.

  Mordecai Richler

  Eight, Class, Ethics

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• Can the difficulty of an exam be measured by how many bits of information a student would need to pass it? This may not be so absurd in the encyclopedic subjects but in mathematics it doesn't make any sense since things follow from each other and, in principle, whoever knows the bases knows everything. All of the results of a mathematical theorem are in the axioms of mathematics in embryonic form, aren't they?

  Alfred Renyi

  Information, Principles, Needs

  Alfréd Rényi (1984). “A diary on information theory”

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• Life is not a multiple choice test, it's an open-book essay exam.

  Alan Blinder

  Book, Teaching, Multiple Choice

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• I'm lucky. I don't know whether I'm deserving or not. All I know is that I work damn hard for everything. And God helps those who help themselves. Every day is like an exam. I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?

  Priyanka Chopra

  Mom, Brother, Believe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.'

  Tim Burton

  Teacher, Reading, Book

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual mammography and whole breast screening ultrasound, annual breast MRI, and biannual clinical breast exam.

  Kristi Funk

  Self, Ultrasounds, Risk

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I was in college for two years but I didn´t attend too much. Then I decided to drop out. I was having too many nightmares about failing in the exams.

  Gautam Adani

  College, Years, Two

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• Life is an 'open-book' exam, but the problem is that most of the students don't have the 'book', or refuse to open it-a fact that ought to spur us on as Church members to share the gospel more widely so that life would be meaningful for more people.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Meaningful, Book, People

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• I'm 45, and I'm still at school, essentially. Even after being assigned to the mission, I had to write a number of exams, with people commenting on my performance.

  Julie Payette

  Writing, School, Numbers

  "Julie Payette returns to space". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. February 4, 2009.

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• I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.

  David Rudisha

  School, Winning, Moved On

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• Gyms are always packed. The only machine available is the one that simulates the gynecological exam. You know, the Sharon Stone machine.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Machines, Stones, Sharon

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• Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

  Jack Canfield

  Life, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Aug 23, 2010

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• Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Thief of Time". Book by ‎Terry Pratchett, 2001.

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• What are you?" I asked. "I'm the Ghost of the Night Before Exams." "And how long did it take you to come up with that?" Jazza asked. "I'm a busy man," he replied.

  Maureen Johnson

  Night, Men, Long

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.138, Penguin

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• You're pretty smart for a Fed." "I missed a bunch of questions on the entrance exam on purpose so that I could get into the agency.

  Diana Rowland

  Smart, Agency, Purpose

  Diana Rowland (2009). “Mark of the Demon”, p.321, Bantam

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• When Vishous pushed open the door to the exam room, he got a gander at the kind of seating arrangement that made him think fondly of castration.

  J.R. Ward

  Thinking, Doors, Rooms

  J.R. Ward (2011). “Lover Unleashed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.164, Penguin

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• The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.

  David Foster Wallace

  Games, Balls, Attention

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• All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.

  David Bailey

  School, Paint, Draws

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• PICARD: There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy. WESLEY: But William James won't be in my Starfleet exams. PICARD: The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship. WESLEY: But Starfleet Academy PICARD: It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something.

  Gene Roddenberry

  Art, Philosophy, Mean

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• Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn’t have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.

  Emily Giffin

  Jobs, Hate, Years

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.61, Macmillan

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