- 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
- Breaks
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- Nov 07, 2020
In school in Lebanon, we were not allowed to speak Arabic during breaks - it had to be French or English.
- Civil War
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Lebanese Civil War started in 1975, I was 15. I was shipped to boarding school in England and, after that, to UCLA.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a parent, it is heartening to see your child wake up every day at 5:45 in the morning to pursue his passion and then manage school as well.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress, so I thought I'd be an actress.
- Magazine
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I was in school, a local magazine picked the 10 best students, and they picked me and profiled me in the magazine.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were growing up, I got kicked out of Timbaland's house every day. He was the DJ for my brother's rap group in junior high school. So I was 7, and while Tim's DJ'ing and my brother's rapping, I'd be upstairs dancing.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020