John Waters Quotes

My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.

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• My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.

  

  John Waters
  • School
  • Mother
  • High