- Management
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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
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was very disappointed when I came out as a Republican in high school. And being a Republican in high school was really fun because all of my teachers were extremely liberal. Expressing anything that was counter to their deeply held beliefs was so easily unsettling that that form of contrarianism was very comfortable.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The explosive growth of the for-profit school industry has had disastrous effects on millions of Americans and our economy.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to law school to help people.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I always wanted to be an artist. I sort of just followed my passion right out of high school, and everything kind of evolved for me.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Longstockings are eight children's and young adult writers. We all came out of the New School MFA program, and we meet regularly to critique each other's work.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always liked writing. Even when I was in art school and thought I was going to be a gallery painter, I liked to pair my artwork with writing. And so that naturally led to drawing comics.
- Eccentricities
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in elementary school, I watched 'Cinema Paradiso' 22 times and memorized the dialogue. In the movie, everyone had a place, even the bum who thought he owned the piazza. Eccentricities were celebrated, and no one was isolated.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day. If there's a better school for would-be novelists, I don't know what it is.
- Handwriting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge.
- Nov 07, 2020
During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.
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- Nov 07, 2020