- 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
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I played football all four years. I started on Varsity my sophomore year, and senior year I was captain.
- Back To School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get up at 6 A.M., and sometimes I make lunch for my two youngest kids. Usually my oldest sleeps late, and I get my kids out the door to school. For years, it was me just doing all of that and then driving to a carpool or this or that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an outdated belief that girls are not as good at science and math subjects as boys. But according to the report 'Generation STEM,' high school girls earn more math and science credits than boys do, and their GPAs, aggregated across math and science classes, are higher than boys'.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got a little older, like, 10 or 11, my dad would run a training school every month, teaching people how to become wrestlers. I would get in the ring now and again and mess around with one of my brothers, and he'd teach me some stuff.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020