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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wore a tie voluntarily, even though I was forced to wear one for photos when I was young and for official events at school. I used to wrap my tie in a newspaper, and whenever the teacher checked I would quickly put it on again. I'm not used to it. Most Bolivians don't wear ties.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Willoughby Girls High, I finished my high school certificate and then I did shorthand and typing the next year. Then started travelling and never used it since.
- Nov 07, 2020
I hated school.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got very carried away with my 'Harry Potter' life and we did have school but I didn't study. I just had fun.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still a tomboy at heart. In high school, I was the girl in the baggy jeans and Timberlands, but I was also at the hairdresser's every week.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Lord of the Rings' was going on; like, my college years were the years of 'Lord of the Rings,' an awesome time to be in film school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to engineering school, which I thought was what I wanted to do, for about two weeks. We had an orientation class and we met this guy where he worked and stuff and it was cool, but I was like, 'There is no way this is going to be my life.'
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Wisconsin; well, that's where I went to school from, like, sixth grade till I graduated high school.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a blond-haired kid with blue eyes, growing up in an Italian ghetto. I had a very high IQ. In elementary school, I skipped ahead twice. I was 10 years old when everyone else was 12.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jews were asked when life begins. For them it's when they finally graduate medical school.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the old school wrestling.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went blonde in high school and it was so bad. My complexion and blonde gave that orange look.
- Affluent
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- Nov 07, 2020