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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
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film 'The Palestinian.' Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lucky. My parents are, like, super hippies. They were just happy I was going to school and I wasn't getting in trouble.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
I inherited Mom's verbal skills, and participated in forensics and essay contests in elementary school - and won every essay contest I ever entered.
- Farmers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets - and competed in 4-H contests and interscholastic debate.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to high school in Texas for one year, my senior year. My parents wanted me to get out of Stockholm because I was running with the wrong crew. They wanted me to get back to my roots.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a kid is being bullied at school, my advice to them is to punch the bully in the face. The government can create as many boards, commissions, and informational sessions on sensitivity that it wants. The fact is, we still have bullies, and we still have victims who are trained not to stand up for themselves.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of friends I went to school with were criminals.
- Street
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- Nov 07, 2020
They'd rather see Scooby Doo or Spongebob than Daddy talking about the latest Wall Street Journal editorial. You do what you have to do to get your kids ready for school.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.
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