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If you got three late marks for being over fifteen minutes late you鈥檇 get an after school detention. I got something like 257 marks. And I only lived about ten minutes away.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a9639/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/9639.v10.jpg" alt="Matt Bellamy"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Matt Bellamy</span> </a> <a href="/b510/"><span itemprop="legalName">Muse</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31c6df"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31c6df" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9639/31c6df/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20I%20left%20I%20got%20an%20award%20for%20being%20the%20latest%20person%20in%20the%20history%20of%20the%20school.%20If%20you%20got%20three%20late%20marks%20for%20being%20over%20fifteen%20minutes%20late%20you%E2%80%99d%20get%20an%20after%20school%20detention.%20I%20got%20something%20like%20257%20marks.%20And%20I%20only%20lived%20about%20ten%20minutes%20away.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9639%2F31c6df%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/31/">School</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/255/">History</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1926/">Awards</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a29435/067070/">With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one.' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a29435/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/29435.v3.jpg" alt="Angus McKinnon Young"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Angus McKinnon Young</span> </a> <a href="/b56/"><span itemprop="legalName">AC/DC</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="067070"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="067070" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a29435/067070/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=With%20AC%2FDC%2C%20we%27ve%20always%20started%20with%20rock%2C%20and%20we%27ve%20just%20kept%20it%20going.%20The%20critic%27s%20view%20is%20always%20%2C%20%27They%20just%20made%20an%20album%20and%20it%27s%20the%20same%20as%20the%20last%20one.%27%20I%27ll%20have%20fifteen%20of%20them%2C%20anytime.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa29435%2F067070%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1262/">Made</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7430/">Lasts</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2942/">Critics</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a31211/067265/">I use various soaps and hand sanitizers in the shower. I shower maybe fifteen times a day, but Thom Yorke is never really clean *laughs*.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a31211/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/31211.v4.jpg" alt="Thomas Edward Yorke"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Thomas Edward Yorke</span> </a> <a href="/b197/"><span itemprop="legalName">Atoms for Peace</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="067265"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="067265" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a31211/067265/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20use%20various%20soaps%20and%20hand%20sanitizers%20in%20the%20shower.%20I%20shower%20maybe%20fifteen%20times%20a%20day%2C%20but%20Thom%20Yorke%20is%20never%20really%20clean%20%2Alaughs%2A.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa31211%2F067265%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/59/">Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7427/">Laughing</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8004/">Various</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a40627/37e001/">Being fifteen is a blessing and a curse. It does bring you more attention when you鈥檙e young, and you鈥檙e doing things that grown people do.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a40627/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/40627.v6.jpg" alt="The Kid LAROI"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">The Kid LAROI</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="37e001"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="37e001" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a40627/37e001/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Being%20fifteen%20is%20a%20blessing%20and%20a%20curse.%20It%20does%20bring%20you%20more%20attention%20when%20you%E2%80%99re%20young%2C%20and%20you%E2%80%99re%20doing%20things%20that%20grown%20people%20do.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa40627%2F37e001%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1273/">Attention</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/31677/">Grown</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5560/">Fifteen</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a23142/2209ff/">Academics were not a challenge when I was fifteen in college. The challenge was figuring out how to fit in socially.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a23142/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/6/23142.v5.jpg" alt="Ian Bremmer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ian Bremmer</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2209ff"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2209ff" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a23142/2209ff/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Academics%20were%20not%20a%20challenge%20when%20I%20was%20fifteen%20in%20college.%20The%20challenge%20was%20figuring%20out%20how%20to%20fit%20in%20socially.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa23142%2F2209ff%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/288/">College</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/347/">Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/375/">Challenges</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a14789/05f8c0/">Studs Lonigan, on the verge of fifteen, and wearing his first suit of long trousers, stood in the bathroom with a Sweet Caporal pasted on his mug.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a14789/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/14789.v2.jpg" alt="James T. 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Take a nap. Your body really needs to sleep. It's like washing your face. If you can't afford a three-hour nap, do a one-hour nap. If you can't afford a one-hour nap, do half an hour. 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If it were my choice, I would do this role forever. 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