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Related I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. JIM FOWLER I attended elementary school and high school in Mexico City. I was already fascinated by science bef... MARIO J. MOLINA In elementary school and middle school, I had the lead in every show I did. BRIDGET BRANCH I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college. MASI OKA I don't know what we'll build there. We might build a new Liberty High School there and a second ele... JAMES BRICE In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I f... AVI It gets to be part of your everyday routine. I expect to be there on Sunday. I expect to be there at... BRETT FAVRE I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remem... OLIVIA WILDE Little did I know I would become the first native-born Mexican-American to become an elementary scho... MARIA CASTRO I knew him a lot of years in grade school, BOB STANLEY I started modeling when I was about 2 or 3 years old; I started with Baby Guess, and I did Guess Kid... GIGI HADID South Africa is a whole other world. I went to grade school there and high school in Johannesburg, a... JANN KLOSE I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school. ALEXANDER HAIG But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teacher... ROBERT STERNBERG I was in grade school, and I remember lying there in that natural environment, looking up at the can... DOUG KING Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8... ANDY RODDICK I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a... ABIGAIL WASHBURN I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I wa... LIZZY CAPLAN My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenil... MILES TELLER And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in eleme... DAN RATHER I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the fir... NATE BERKUS My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I l... MICHAEL KEATON I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementary's school play, because I had m... JAMES FRECHEVILLE When I was little, we moved around a lot, actually. In second grade, I think I went to three differe... EMILY KINNEY I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Roches... KRISTEN WIIG She followed in her mother's footsteps. She graduated with honors in high school and college and tau... GERALD BATTO At a young age school came first. It was put in my head that school was first and swimming was secon... EMILY PFERDEHIRT It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I don't think it's worth as much as an elementary school right now, but if it did we might consider ... WALTER MILLER My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade schoo... NANCY PELOSI I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone... JAMIE JOHNSON If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my fi... VIN DIESEL I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n... , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina... WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea... WALLIS SIMPSON
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