Jo Brand Quotes
When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
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I was at art school that had quite a celebrated film course as well. I tried for that film course when I was 18, but they said I was too young. I tried this audio and visual design course instead. Two years later, I reapplied for that higher course, but they said I was still too young and to try in five years.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.
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When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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Information, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy - entirely new possibilities have emerged to change the development model.
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I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the latest thing possible.
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I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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I like to be fulfilled in telling stories and in creating, but I'm just a curious person.
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The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
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I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.
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The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
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When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts.
