- Go
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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
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one good thing about our school was the Cadets; I chose to be in the Navy, purely for the sailor's outfit. A pity we had to give them back.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school.
- Five-Year-Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a drummer living in Los Angeles in 1990. I had finished music school and was playing with a band. It wasn't going as well as it should have been.
- Being Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a geek in high school.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
High school music teachers... nobody makes a living off it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020