- I Was Born
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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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only went a year to high school. I should have been in high school, but I was in a band, and when you're successful doing that - well, you aren't too likely to go back.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gay adults start as gay kids... Now they've got to figure out how to be with each other and be with family, friends, and the communities at school.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I passed my Lawn Tennis Association coaching exam, and I persuaded my local club to let me use a court after school and on Saturdays.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a copywriter on Madison Avenue at the same time as the TV show 'Mad Men' is set. My mom raised the kids and was a scholarship coordinator at a school. More importantly, dad was a writer and my mom an artist.
- Exam
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- Nov 07, 2020
My recollection of the higher school certificate, which involved a practical exam in physics, was being confronted with an experiment involving a sort of barometer arrangement, wondering why I couldn't make it work.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I did on arriving at school was to break my left arm falling into a bomb crater.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020