- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I tried out for every sport there was. But none of them would have me. When I was a freshman, someone asked me to go audition for a play with them. I got in and didn't want to do anything else for the next four years.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.
- Expectation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the folk club was probably much the same.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a tattoo artist, and I went to school to paint, and I started writing and getting published.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.
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- Nov 07, 2020