- Genius
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sent to Naval School when I was young, and it didn't do me any good in any other form, but it made me get up in the morning.
- Best Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best part of the high school in Hastings must have been the Music Department. Its orchestra and concert band did well in county competitions, and the dance band formed by its students was the best in the region. I played lead trumpet in all of them.
- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we could play.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never lived in an English-speaking country, ever, but I lived in Austria. So, my second language is German. And when I went to school, I had a lot of classes in English.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want you to be able to go to Aquazzura and find a shoe for every occasion, whether that's a red carpet ball or picking up your kids from school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn't really interest me.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was expelled from school at 14, and whilst everyone else was studying for their GCSEs, I got a membership for that gym, and I just started lifting weights. So while everyone else was in school, I was in the gym sort of bulking up, and when I got to 17, I got a full time job.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was ten years old, I would get up at 5 in the morning, cycle to the swimming baths, do an hour-and-a-half session, then cycle to school, do a day at school, then cycle back to the baths after.
- Concentrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020