- Good
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very obsessed with pop culture of the mid-century and it goes hand-in-hand with the music that I studied in school.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that I could sing when I was young. I would listen to a lot of jazz; I'm a big jazz fan. When I first got to high school and studied musical theater, I could sing. But I added certain things to my voice, and I realized after graduating high school that this is the kind of voice I had. It's not very nimble, but it's heavy.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Community involvement is second nature to me. I've been doing it since high school.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I didn't have to talk. All I had to say is 'left' or 'right' when a screen was coming.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
In grade school, my mother, who was a professional tailor, would make all my clothes. I became obsessed with designing them myself.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got into high school, clarinet was not really in fashion. Everybody had electric bands.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I focused on the saxophone ever since high school. It wasn't until my album 'Poetica,' which I recorded in 2006, that I went back to the clarinet. It felt like it was waiting for me!
- Kansas
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Kansas I have a chess school.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I decided that if the senior class at the University of Wisconsin wants me to come speak, I'll do whatever they ask me. I love that school.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was watching tennis on TV, and between games, they were showing a commercial for a tennis school. I wrote down the number, gave it to my mom, and said, 'This is what I want to do.' She thought it was a joke, but I was very stubborn, and I kept bringing it up.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was a young girl, even in school, I was always a perfectionist, and I always wanted to do my homework as soon as I got home. Everything had to be done properly.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always imagined myself doing what Barbara Walters did on '20/20.' That, essentially, is what inspired me to go to journalism school.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020