School Quotes
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I love basketball! When I'm flying, and I have on sweats, a hat, and sneakers, people always assume that I'm a high school kid going to an away game. And I always say no, I'm a fan of the game.
Lena Waithe
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I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.
Azzedine Alaia
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When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.
Deepak Chopra
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I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.
Anderson East
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I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as dark as I am - I want to be a little fairer.' I didn't want to be me.
Kelly Rowland
Destiny's Child
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I went out to visit Dorsey Burnette, after I graduated high school.
Jimmy Griffin
Black Tie
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I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.
Anthony Mackie
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I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.
Geoff Davis
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Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I supported my family, and if I got fired or missed an audition, I’d be punished as if I’d messed up in school. I was starved, because they wanted to keep my weight at a certain place; my hair was bleached – that was my life. I wasn’t allowed to play with kids on my block or ride a bike or play ball, in case I got a scratch – I wasn’t even allowed to be bar mitzvahed because I couldn’t attend enough lessons.
Corey Feldman
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All of the details that most of us memorize in medical school - you don't have to learn those things. They're going to be in your computer.
Leroy Hood
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When I was growing up, I cheered and danced and ran and stuff like that. I'm probably thinner now than I was in high school. I had a lot of muscle - a lot of muscle in high school.
Ashley Greene
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When I was in high school, I tried too hard to be cool and to impress people, but playing all these different characters has helped me find myself again.
Lucas Hedges
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I'm excited about going back to 'Today,' but, at odd moments, I'll grit my teeth in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable.
Jane Pauley
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For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it.' Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying.
Linda Sanchez
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Businessmen are not in business to lose customers, and schools do not exist to free their clients from the agencies of mass persuasion. School and media possess a productive monopoly upon the imagination of a child.
Jonathan Kozol
