Francis Chan Quotes
I was raised Christian after age 5, but I didn't really understand it until high school. A friend of mine invited me to his youth group. There I heard the gospel, understood it, and accepted it.Francis Chan
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I remember, when I was at school, we would have a 10-minute storytelling session where we'd all sit on the floor cross-legged, and the teacher would read. It became something we all really looked forward to. That was part of the reason I grew to love stories.
Malorie Blackman -
There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.
Victor Mitchell -
I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.
Rafe Spall -
Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.
Aaron Swartz -
I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun. I'd never been taught to dance. I've never been to dance school. I do my own little dance moves.
Olly Murs -
In graduate school, Aubrey Berg at the Cincinnati Conservatory gave me the chance to perform with the best in the country in Broadway caliber productions.
Aaron Lazar
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Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
Dan Gable -
I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
Gautam Adani -
I do actually have a connection with James Herriot because we went to school in the same area. I went to Hillhead Primary School in the West End of Glasgow and he went to Hillhead Secondary.
Iain De Caestecker -
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private school for girls, leaving at sixteen to work. That was in the year 2056. AS 127, if you use the Scion calendar.
Samantha Shannon
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Against the teachings of eternal torture, of the vicarious atonement, of the infallibility of the Bible, I levelled all the strength of my brain and tongue, and I exposed the history of the Christian Church with unsparing hand, its persecutions, its religious wars, its cruelties, its oppressions.
Annie Besant -
The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.
Matthew Desmond -
A lot of people who have gone to music school have gotten their individuality stomped out of them. It becomes harder to find those instincts.
Lindsey Buckingham -
I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.
Dominic Cooper -
For Elektra, I just wanted to be very clear. She's traveled the world. She didn't go to boarding school, but that's the type of girl that she'd be. So, I just wanted to make sure that I could bring that to her, which goes through the language.
Elodie Yung -
When I was a senior in high school, I did an internship with a law firm. And it was very clear that I did not have what it took to do that kind of work.
Courtney B. Vance
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I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call.
Darren Shan -
I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.
Ellen Pompeo -
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Mary Kay Ash -
When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism.
Jean-Marie Le Pen -
The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes.
Emily Mortimer -
I was raised Christian after age 5, but I didn't really understand it until high school. A friend of mine invited me to his youth group. There I heard the gospel, understood it, and accepted it.
Francis Chan