A Quote by James Black

Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years.

James Black

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James Black
Scottish - Scientist
June 14, 1924 - March 22, 2010

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.

Al Bernstein

It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day.

Torrie Wilson

In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and seventy. My books are science fiction.

Marie Lu

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

Philip Emeagwali

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

Larry Hagman

The age between seven and 14 is so important. The basic techniques are in that, and afterwards it's mentality. Tactically, between seven and 14 or six and 14, they have to have good coaches and understand the basic things of football: control the ball, know where the ball is, those kinds of things.

Frank de Boer

In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre that I was a member of between the ages of 16 and 18.

Taron Egerton

I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got away from it. In my mid- to late 20s, I started trying to write it.

William Gibson

Among my books, the ones that sell best are for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. According to a study by the Association of American Publishers, the largest area of industry growth in 2014 was in the children and young adult category.

Kate Klise

I played ten injury-free years between the ages of 12 and 22. Then, suddenly, it seemed like I was allergic to the twentieth century.

Nigel Melville

There was a time when, for anybody between the ages of 15 and 25, music was one, two and three.

Jimmy Iovine

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

Margaret Atwood

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write. I started again at 16. And have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

Margaret Atwood

Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve.

George Jean Nathan

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.

Alek Wek

Eighty-two percent of prisoners in the United States are high-school dropouts. A high-school dropout between the ages of 30 and 34 is two-thirds more likely to be in jail, or to have been in jail, or to be dead.

Kamala Harris

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