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" I have to admit that I’m not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public schools, so I never really learned it. " - Trevor Paglen

" We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can’t remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn’t include books. " - Alexandra Adornetto

" I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial. " - Yo-Yo Ma

" I didn’t really get comfortable until I got to UCLA, and I had to take an acting course because I was studying theater arts. " - Carol Burnett

" I come from a small village and have had no formal training in music or any classes from the masters of Indian classical music. " - Ilaiyaraaja

" My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn’t afford it. " - Adam DeVine

" My elder brother is a lecturer in a college in Haryana, and my eldest sister was a teacher. I feel they are more educated than I am. I, too, used to dream of becoming a teacher. " - Sangram Singh

" Through the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we need to ensure we are educating a future generation to achieve a workforce for the 21st century. I believe the best education solutions come from those closest to the students: state and local entities. " - Matt Salmon

" Tim O’Brien’s book about Vietnam, ‘The Things They Carried’, has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be definitive. But it’s fiction. " - Dave Eggers

" I had no education whatsoever, and my mother said, ‘Oh, you’ll get a much better education in life.’ I did to some extent, though I always wish I could have tried it. " - Julie Andrews