- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
School Quotes
On learning, growing up and finding your own pace.
These quotes cover school in different forms: a childhood spent in Sunday school, being a late bloomer among faster-moving classmates, and skipping formal film training entirely to learn a craft directly. For lighter school-themed content, see our Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and was a celebrity.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working on the ABC movie 'Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige,'' which we filmed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a special pleasure, particularly because I'd played baseball in high school.
- Appeared
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- Nov 07, 2020
My stepmother appeared when I was about 9. My brother was sent off to an institute in Scotland & my sister & I were sent to school. As my stepmother's ideas were then wholly Quaker, mixed with a naive & charming innocence & a little snobbery, it was one dotty epoch on top of another. I always remained terrified of my father.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it.
- High Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020