I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.
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BILLY PITTMAN Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right. , QUOTED IN ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. , IN _A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY_ I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was... BING GORDON When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage ye... DAVE LOMBARDO I had a great time in high school. I really did. I went to a private Christian high school and I gra... ODETTE ANNABLE I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high schoo... GREG GRUNBERG I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible. ELLEN BASS I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never l... MAGDA APANOWICZ I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way. ROBIN WILLIAMS When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I... JOVAN ADEPO I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got... ZOE LISTER-JONES My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. ... TAYLOR SWIFT I believe in giving back. LAURA SAN GIACOMO I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewar... ROBERT KIYOSAKI I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our ... MINDY KALING I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi... MARILYN MONROE I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I... T. J. MILLER My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in cl... 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I had one horse when I was in high school, but I had to sell him becau... NICOLE JORDAN I love being in love. BRITTANY MURPHY I always loved singing. I was always trying to sing in school plays. I was in every one I could be i... ELIZA DOOLITTLE I loved being away from school. I didn't really fancy school that much when I was little; it was... GERALDINE BROOKS I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end ... AMISH TRIPATHI I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms. VICTORIA BECKHAM I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my... LUCY HAWKING I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about ... GEORGE LUCAS If I had coached in high school for 60 years, I would have loved it. Getting to the top was not a go... 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NATALIE WOOD A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor. NATALIE WOOD I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish an... NATALIE WOOD I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done. NATALIE WOOD Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting marri... NATALIE WOOD I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me. NATALIE WOOD There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type. NATALIE WOOD Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ... NATALIE WOOD For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life r... NATALIE WOOD I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, ... NATALIE WOOD I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic. NATALIE WOOD I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be. NATALIE WOOD The constant attention is what is so difficult. NATALIE WOOD If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store. NATALIE WOOD My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later. NATALIE WOOD I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie t... NATALIE WOOD I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool. NATALIE WOOD I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha. NATALIE WOOD My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the tr... NATALIE WOOD Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up. NATALIE WOOD Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself. NATALIE WOOD The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. NATALIE WOOD I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was. NATALIE WOOD We were descended from royalty. NATALIE WOOD Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all. NATALIE PORTMAN Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're ... NATALIE PORTMAN I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confide... NATALIE PORTMAN I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like ... NATALIE PORTMAN I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous... NATALIE PORTMAN Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work ... NATALIE PORTMAN Everyone dreams of living in Paris. NATALIE PORTMAN When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want ... NATALIE PORTMAN My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were de... NATALIE PORTMAN I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people... NATALIE PORTMAN