Education : (1041) " The truth is that I’d always wanted to go to law school. " - Elizabeth Wurtzel " I was your quintessential nerd in high school. " - Neal Boortz " I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible. " - A. S. Byatt " I came from a good family and a nice area, but I went to a rough state school. " - Peter Crouch " I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society. " - Virginia Gildersleeve " I applied to Yale, and I got in. " - Mitch Leigh " I’ve stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand. " - Jason Kander " All of the studies we do in my group are quantified. " - Robert Sternberg " I loved school as a kid. I was a bit of a nerd. " - Catriona Gray " I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz. " - Elle Fanning