School Quotes
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I applied to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and didn't get in the first year, so I worked at Costa and the Dean Gallery Cafe then applied again and got in the next year when I was 18. I was so excited.
Chloe Pirrie
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In Pakistan, the right to go to school is not a given. In the more rural areas, a girl is born, married off as early as 9 years old, and basically lives life under the control of men.
Janine di Giovanni
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My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more.
Lois Capps
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I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson, like going to school at night. Ella Fitzgerald was an inspiration, too, a unique artist. When you had an opportunity to be with people like them, you cherished it.
James Victor Scott
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After moving to California, I decided to go back to school and get an education on various aspects of the entertainment industry.
Andrea Navedo
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Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool
Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions
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At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.
Jeremy Irons
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Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it. This song has no message. Rise for the flag salute.
Frank Zappa
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When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a civil engineer. No joke. I would come home from school and build bridges out of toothpicks and see how much weight they would hold before falling.
Bitsie Tulloch
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Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six, graduate in their late 20s, and get their first proper jobs in their 30s. Adolescence can go on a long time. It is rare for anyone to achieve responsibility before their 50s.
Luke Harding
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I felt comfortable with them and felt most wanted by them. It's a great school. Everything fit perfectly for me.
Kevin Moore Chroma Key
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Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.
Leland Stanford
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The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
Linda Vester
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In high school, when I played football I got no respect. I shared a locker with a mop.
Jack Roy
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If I was still at school, I'd be looking at Britney Spears and dying to be her.
Sheena Easton
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Acting and singing were just a hobby, but getting into drama school made me realise I could actually do it for a living.
Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
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I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.
Curtis Armstrong
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When I was in school, I was too short to erase the blackboard. It was my job to put away the chairs.
Carmen Yulin Cruz
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As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.
Cokie Roberts
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However,' said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, 'you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
Joanne Rowling
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I'm not a big fan of the George Lucas school of meddling and tinkering. That's a slippery slope.
Mark Waid
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I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
Anson Mount
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We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.
Jeb Bush
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Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.
Al Pacino