- 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
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn't in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade.
- I Quit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks.
- Shot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shot part of 'Resurrecting the Champ' in Denver, and I spent a summer going to survival school in Colorado Springs.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have gone above and beyond to care for my child, including an agreed upon monthly stipend, a house, a car, insurance, school and other essentials for the baby and his mother as well as many other things, including toys and clothing.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't mind being in school. But I was usually uninspired and always late. I did what I had to, but not more.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When friends wanted to go to the centre of town, they took a bus or tram. I took the ball and went running after them. School was hell because I had to put the ball on the ground. Outside, I was free, playing the ball.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son graduated high school and went to Haiti to work for his dad's organization and then extended his stay. It's incredible what he's doing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.
- Australia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't actually have a prom. In Australia, we call them 'socials,' which is hilarious. I did always find them pretty awkward, because I went to an all-girls school.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have always policed the bodies of people of color, and black people in particular. The Jim Crow South is a classic example. White flight in the North. School segregation. Gerrymandering.
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020