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• College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.

  J. Cole

  Writing, Heart, College

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• To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Men, Genius, Ability

  "Keeping Pace" by Keeping Pace, www.guernicamag.com. August 1, 2014.

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• In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

  Tom Colicchio

  Lunch, Would Be, World

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• Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.

  Tom Colicchio

  Lunch, Issues, People

  "Colicchio of Top Chef fights hunger" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. February 28, 2013.

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• We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.

  Tom Colicchio

  Home, Kids, Thinking

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• Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.

  Gail Collins

  Kings, Husband, Winning

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• I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

  Joan Collins

  Reading, Thinking, Years

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• I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

  Joan Collins

  Sister, Writing, Class

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• What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.

  Joan Collins

  Drama, Hard Work, Europe

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• It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'.

  Robbie Coltraine

  Autumn, Potters, Knows

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• I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

  Sean Connery

  Scotland, Navy, Qualifications

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• I read a lot of 'Spark Notes' in high school.

  Lauren Conrad

  High School, Sparks, Notes

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• In high school I spent most of my time in jeans and T-shirts or Juicy sweats. We're such a laid-back town. I mean, people wore bikinis under their clothes half the time, so you didn't really get dressed up to go to school.

  Lauren Conrad

  Mean, Jeans, Sweat

  "Lauren Conrad" by Dan Today, www.seventeen.com. September 29, 2007.

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• I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

  Steve Coogan

  Generations, Aberration, Lasts

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• In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.

  Dane Cook

  Home, Years, Juniors

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• My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.

  Alice Cooper

  Country, Giving Up, Thinking

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• I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Teacher, Numbers, Hated

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• I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Kids, Talent, Kind

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• I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Girl, Teacher, Polio Vaccine

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• My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.

  Cat Cora

  Mom, Teacher, Dad

  "Chef Cat Cora says "Bon Appetit" at Sundance". Interview with Jane Clark, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2009.

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• Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We're creating a pilot program at my son's school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children.

  Cat Cora

  Country, Children, Son

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• I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Reading, Kids, Way

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• I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

  Elvis Costello

  Thinking, Work Ethic, Ethics

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• Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

  Stephen Covey

  Children, Roles, Scaffolding

  "Our Children and the Crisis in Education" by Stephen R. Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2010.

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• But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

  Stephen Covey

  Gaps, Lasts, Roles

  "Our Children and the Crisis in Education" by Stephen R. Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2010.

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