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- Nov 07, 2020
Attended Quotes
On school, events, and what we've attended.
These quotes use 'attended' in different senses, schools completed, events experienced alongside a professional partner, and consequences that quietly follow certain excesses. A few reflect on formal Education and how much of it actually shapes a person.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the ages of five to twelve, I attended the Saint Laurence O'Toole elementary school in Lawrence, a city next to Methuen, and was taught by sisters of the Catholic order of Notre Dame de Namour. I enjoyed all my subjects there. I do not remember ever learning any science, except for mathematics.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
- Classmates
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- Nov 07, 2020
I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we founded Facebook, we put a lot of hours into it and worked hard every day. 'The Social Network' painted this picture that we were partying all the time, when really we only attended 2 or 3 parties during Facebook's first year.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my growing-up years in Germany, I attended church in many different locations and circumstances - in humble back rooms, in impressive villas, and in very functional modern chapels.
- Foreign Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I had to learn Russian as my first foreign language in school. I found this quite difficult because of the Cyrillic alphabet, but as time went on, I seemed to do all right.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the first concert I attended was Coldplay with my dad when I was around eight years old.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020