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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
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents found this paper from my high school theater class where you had to write down what you wanted in a significant other. At the bottom, it said, 'No athletes, because they're arrogant.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't allowed to date in high school.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout high school, I was made fun of a lot. I was a lot smaller than the other kids, and I have a big gap in my teeth. I had pretty bad acne. So I struggled with that.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 11, I went to a sports school about an hour from home and stayed there during the week, only going home at weekends. That was hard, but it prepared me before I left for Bilbao; it made me stronger.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I established my first writing routine when I was 13. The school year had just ended, and I'd won a stack of books for being the best student in a number of subjects. The pile included several 60-leaved notebooks that I decided to fill with short stories.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.
- Order
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musicals and then it kind of got to a point where I started to - wanted to do my own songs.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a country-wide Shakespeare competition.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as every animal is part of a kingdom, phylum, class, and order, every Dorchester resident has a parish, school, park, and neighborhood that they identify with.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.
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- Nov 07, 2020