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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
- Balances
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hated high school. It was a prison.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him?
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the weirdest kid: I wanted to see the police file - in grade school! I was convinced I could crack the case if I just had that file.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a pretty delinquent little kid. My folks and I didn't get along, so I basically moved out... put myself through high school and then college by working. I'm only a half-year short of a degree in history.
- Educated
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dropped out of school after my tenth standard. But both my elder brother and younger brother are highly educated.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020