- Plays
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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
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a math and science kid in school, but I ended up going the route of writing and music in college.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was not exposed to a lot of culture. The shows we saw in high school, like 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Miss Saigon,' were thrilling. But my love affair with theater started with seeing a production of 'Little Shop of Horrors' that my sister was in.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own journey as a writer has been the discovery of different theatrical voices. Chekhov was a revelation. Tennessee Williams was another one. We read 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and I still remember the cover.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.
- Nov 07, 2020
I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.
- Newspaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was something I did growing up. I never it took it too seriously; it was just one of those things I got into high school and was like, 'Nah, I don't want to continue acting.' Cause I got into it professionally by local theater, and from there, I just decided to do sports and be more a high school kid and have my fun.
- Educating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020