Nayantara Sahgal Quotes

Formal education in British India was remarkable for its lack of connection with its Indian environment. Like the African persuaded to cover his nakedness with a Mother Hubbard, we wore mental Mother Hubbards, and they were often a sad fit. Our textbooks had been compiled by Englishmen for English children, of whom there were none in my school and few in any school in India.

Nayantara Sahgal

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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

Gabrielle Zevin
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- School
- Present
In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- World
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The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.

Adam DeVine
- School
- Money
- American
When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.

Dan Byrd
- School
- Power
- High
In the same way that our school system feels strongly about requiring vaccinations and annual physicals, I feel strongly that it is essential to add a mental health component to that annual physical.

Madchen Amick
- School
- Health
- Same
In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.

W. G. Sebald
- Time
- Great
- School