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Originally posted by ebeye
If you haven't graduated high school, you shouldn't have children.
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wow...talk about education snobbery. There are ppl a lot more successful than all of us combined that never graduated.
http://www.fundraising-ideas.org/org...s/dropouts.htm
This is just *A*
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Abigail Adams.......wife of the 2nd U.S. President John Adams; America's 2nd First Lady (no formal education; home schooling/life experience)
Ansel Adams.........American wilderness photographer; photography book author; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Bryan Adams......rock star
Miguel Adrover.....Spanish-born fashion designer
Christina Aguilera....rock star
Jack Albertson......Oscar-winning actor
Peter Allen.........Oscar-winning Australian songwriter-composer-singer
Rick Allen . . . rock star; member of "Def Leppard"
Dhirubhai Ambani....self-made billionaire Indian businessman
Anthony Andrews.....actor
Julie Andrews.......Oscar-winning actress-singer; best-selling British author (as Julie Andrews Edwards); bestowed the rank of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the year 2000 (United Kingdom: Dame Julie Andrews)
Christina Applegate......actress
Edwin Apps.........British artist
Joan Armatrading....singer-songwriter
Louis Armstrong.....singer-musician
Eddy Arnold.........country music star; Country Music Hall of Fame inductee
Cliff Arquette ("Charlie Weaver")....comedian-entertainer; American author
Brooke Astor........wealthy American socialite-philanthropist- author; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
John Jacob Astor......self-made multimillionaire German-born early American businessman; America's first multimillionaire
Chet Atkins.........country music star; Country Music Hall of Fame inductee; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; American author
Jane Austen......best-selling British author (elementary school dropout)
Gene Autry......Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter; the first "singing cowboy"; wrote and co-wrote over 200 songs, including "Back in the Saddle Again" and "Here Comes Santa Claus"; recorded famous rendition of the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph, the Red- Nosed Reindeer"; actor-producer; self-made multimillionaire American businessman; author; Country Music Hall of Fame inductee; National Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee; only person to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in honor of career achievements in five entertainment fields
Richard Avedon......American photographer-author
Willy Aybar.....baseball player