A. James Clark
A. James Clark

I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.

Aaron Lazar
Aaron Lazar

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.

Aaron Schock
Aaron Schock

I'm not from a political family and didn't grow up dreaming of being George Washington. I started working in 8th grade and have held every odd job possible - working in a gravel pit, weighing big wheelers, ticket sales, data base management - but I knew if I worked hard and got experience, I could apply that experience to my next endeavor.

Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.

Abel Korzeniowski
Abel Korzeniowski

I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.

Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.

Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath

Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.

Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

Adam Granduciel
Adam Granduciel

I started guitar when I was like thirteen. I had a friend whose dad had an electric guitar. In sixth grade or seventh grade I went over and played it and immediately I was super excited by the whole thing.