School Quotes
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[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.
Wallace Stegner -
What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.
William Glasser
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I think my formative experiences were really in junior high, where at a typical public school we were doing little genetic experiments, very classic experiments.
Joseph DeRisi -
Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
Brett Favre -
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.
William Godwin -
By the time I was in high school, Roe v. Wade had passed, so that was also happening; girls were getting pregnant and getting abortions - and that happened in my school too.
Annette Bening -
I felt as if we were two families: the older ones, who were away touring when I was at school and the younger ones. I was closer to my two younger sisters because of the nearness of our ages, but I feel I would have to have permission to say their names - they're very private that way.
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin -
I want to make the school-garden movement work.
Kimbal Musk
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I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old fashioned idea. Some photographers think that by taking pictures of human misery, they are addressing a serious problem. I do not think that misery is more profound than happiness.
Saul Leiter -
I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.
Alison Elliott -
Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later, she had Dorothy convinced that it was for a school project, and she really did not have to telephone Kami's parents.
Sarah Rees Brennan -
Doctors are taught in medical school that people ususally underreport their alcohol and drug use, so we genreal double the amount we're told. Don't be insulted if your doctor asks follow-up questions about yout drinking. We're trying to be diligent so we don't miss an alcohol or drug disorfer that could be amenable to treatment.
Danielle Ofri -
I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go.
Jonathan Levine -
I was very focused on school. No social life whatsoever.
Eva Chen
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We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.
Azim Premji -
I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you just see kids disrespecting their parents, you see kids cursing and all kind of things that shouldn't be done.
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin -
After high school, I earned a scholarship to play Division I soccer at a small school in North Carolina, but I didn't get much playing time, which forced me to determine who I was beyond the field, something I had previously never had to do.
Clint Smith -
I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.
Harry Kroto -
Losing is a bad feeling. I've never been on an undefeated team throughout high school, so I tasted defeat before. I've been taught to handle it graciously.
Brad Tavares -
I actually built a tiny computer as a junior high school project.
Mitch Kapor
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My parents were more surprised that I wanted to go away for school than anything. They didn't really understand the benefits.
Jennine Capó Crucet -
To realize our true creative potential - in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities - we need to think differently about ourselves and towards each other. We must learn to be creative.
Ken Robinson -
Public school teachers enjoy a huge amount of job security, thanks to their powerful unions and inflexible work rules.
Mike Gallagher -
I was a really good student. I was nerdy and ambitious. I was involved with every large theater production at my school.
Sara Canning