- My Life
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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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.
- Before
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before IIT, I always had an inclination to do something, even when I was in school.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told my mother I wanted to be an actress, and the next thing I know is that I'm studying in a very expensive film school.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved from Minnesota to Las Vegas when I was 13, so I spent my high school years there and did some things I'm not proud of.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
HBCUs are real pioneers when it comes to school choice. They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and greater quality.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We knew we had the resources to send our kids to whatever school was best for them.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment where they can learn, thrive, and grow.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It shouldn't matter what type of school a student attends, so long as the school is the right fit for that student.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad dropped out of school in middle school, but he reads five or six books a week, and my mom reads about two.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have a fireworks moment for my salvation. I had a falling in love with Jesus in Sunday school when I was a very young child.
- The Right Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020