Students Quotes - Page 18

• I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.

  Paul Nurse

  Art, Philosophy, Wife

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• I've always loved being a student.

  Elizabeth Olsen

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

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• But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.

  Jared Polis

  Kids, School, Priorities

  "Rep. Polis gets crusty about pizza"by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I am the student who picks his nose, so come over here and take off your clothes.

  John Hiatt

  Education, Clothes, Noses

  Song: I Want Your Love Inside Of Me, Album: Overcoats

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• My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.

  Brian Lamb

  Numbers, Goal, Interesting

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• If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

  Jacob Lew

  Jobs, College, Able

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• The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

  Jim Leach

  War, School, Years

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• I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

  David Rubenstein

  College, Letters, Columbia

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• I was probably a B student in high school, but it wasn't until I got to college that I said, 'Oh! This is what it's all about.' And then I became an A student. I studied journalism in college and that's what really kicked it into high gear for me.

  Giuliana Rancic

  School, College, Gears

  "Giuliana Rancic Interview". www.seventeen.com. November 17, 2008.

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• When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that “civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.” The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Years, Law, Peaceful

  "International Men’s Day" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

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• I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.

  Jessica Seinfeld

  Jobs, College, Three

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• In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

  David Sanborn

  Attitude, Thinking, Looks

  "Jazzin’ Around". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Teaching, Stories, Made

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• Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water

  Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

  Leadership, Sports, Teacher

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• Any good athletic is always in a state of perpetual training, as is the Zen student.

  Frederick Lenz

  Health, Buddhism, Athletic

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• I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Art, Kids, Drawing

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• Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.

  Ted Strickland

  Struggle, Worry, Pay

  "Ted Strickland Speech Text: Read The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.

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• As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.

  Zoe Tapper

  Nibbling, Scent, Cheese

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• Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

  Charles M. Vest

  Awards, Pell Grants, Tuition

  "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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• I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.

  Ma Ying-jeou

  Thinking, Swim, Important

  Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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• I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

  Timothy Simons

  School, Differences, Facts

  "Jonah’s Arc". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 19, 2015.

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• It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft.

  Elizabeth Hardwick

  Writing, May, Firsts

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• In the New Year, you carry all the experiences of the past years and that is the greatest power of every New Year! This year again, you are less student and more master!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Happy, New Year, Past

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• I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Writing, Creative, Creative Writing

  "Trisha's Southern Comfort". Interview with Jancee Dunn, www.redbookmag.com. August 14, 2008.

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• When I was in high school, I wasn't a troublemaker. I didn't get in fights. I was a good student and I had a lot of friends.

  Thomas McDonell

  School, Fighting, Lots Of Friends

  "Exclusive Interview: Prom's Thomas McDonell". Interview with Carly Nelson, www.seventeen.com. April 28, 2011.

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