- Decision
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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
- Degree
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.
- Enlisted
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clay Hunt was the kind of individual that has made America a great country. In 2005, when his country needed him, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Shot in Iraq, he earned a Purple Heart, and after he recuperated, he graduated from Marine Corps Scout Sniper School and was deployed to Afghanistan.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a terrible reader as a kid. I mean terrible. Super slow and very unfocused. It took me forever to read a book, and I remember being well into high school and still needing my mom to sit down and read aloud to me so I could pass my English tests and such.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.
- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
My most string-beanish, I guess, is when I was 15 years old. From 15 to 16, I went from 155 pounds to 215. By the time I graduated from high school, I was between 235-250.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.
- Fishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom, dad and me were a compact group. They instilled in me a love for the outdoors. On school breaks, we'd go fishing for a week in the wilds of Alaska or Canada. The land was always in their souls.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 23 and about to go to law school, I thought I'd spend the summer writing a novel.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020