Middle School Quotes - Page 2

• I was a man by middle school.

  Edgerrin James

  School, Men, Middle

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• I was in theater when I was in elementary, middle school and high school. I didn't know it would be an actual profession for me. I didn't think of it as a reality.

  Katie Cassidy

  School, Reality, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was bullied every second of every day in elementary and middle school.
  Obviously, people are going to bring you down because of your drive.
  But, ultimately, it makes you a stronger person to turn your cheek and
  go the other way.

  Selena Gomez

  School, People, Stronger

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• Success isn't about winning everything; it’s about achieving your dream, be that teaching middle school or flying jets. And no matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another.

  Zosia Mamet

  Dream, Teaching, School

  "Zosia Mamet Says You Don’t Have To Be Hillary, Bey Or Oprah To Be Successful" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2014.

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• I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school.

  J. Cole

  Smart, School, Kids

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• When I was probably in middle school I saw the mini series Angels in America for the first time and I think Mary Louise Parker's performance in that first of all sparked a deep obsession with Mary Louise Parker, but I also really love Amy Adams because she gets to do comedy and drama so consistently.

  Grace Phipps

  Drama, School, Angel

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• Back in middle school, Catherine and I had gone through this stage where all we would read were fantasy books. We'd consume them like M&M's, by the fistful, J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Brooks and Susan Cooper and Lloyd Alexander. Susan Boone looked, to me, like the queen of the elves (there's almost always an elf queen in fantasy books). I mean, she was shorter than me and had on a strange lineny outfit in pale blues and greens.

  Meg Cabot

  Queens, Book, School

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• I only auditioned at four schools. I started performing and studying when I was in middle school, and then as I got into high school, it just got more serious. I feel like it became more of a vocation. It became clear to me at that point that I wanted to pursue it.

  Zachary Quinto

  School, Four, Serious

  Interview With Patrick J. Adams, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 18, 2016.

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• I once owned a really, really ugly pair of white leather boots. They were so bad. It was back in the '80s! It was just a really tacky fashion choice when I was in middle school, and I thought it was cool. I'm really embarrassed.

  Jordana Brewster

  Fashion, School, White

  "Jordana Brewster Talks Swimsuits, Reveals Leatherface's Human Side". Interview with Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. September 29, 2006.

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• The idea that relationships are not a strategy is potent; and the sad commentary proceeds to say that often relationships are seen as a strategy, a means to accomplish great things - except love and relationship are not what is really wanted. We want to appear relational so people will like what we have to offer. It's the difference between wanting a good marriage and loving the person you married.

  Scot McKnight

  School, Mean, Ideas

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• I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school.

  Nicole Anderson

  Home, School, Nerd

  "Hanging with Mean Girls 2 Nicole Anderson". Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. January 25, 2011.

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• My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.

  Jeremy Lin

  School, Sleep, Night

  "True or false with Lin and Harden". Interview with Pablo S. Torre, www.espn.com. November 28, 2012.

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• On the first day of middle school I wore high-heeled shoes that you weren't allowed to wear. I remember being so embarrassed because in every class I went to they kept pointing out that I couldn't wear these shoes. I wanted to call my mom and have her bring me new shoes!

  Emma Stone

  Mom, School, New Shoes

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• I dropped out in middle school. I dropped out in, towards the beginning of the ninth grade. And then I started studying -I started taking acting classes at a, well first I was like in a community theater at that time in Torrance, California, so I finished up like my season with that community theater just acting in, you know, acting in a small part on this play or a big part on that play or a stage manager or assistant stage manager in another play.

  Quentin Tarantino

  School, Class, Play

  "Quentin Tarantino: 'Inglourious' Child Of Cinema". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 28, 2009.

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• I read the book [ 'Middle School' ]! There was nothing specific really, I think everything in the film was great!

  Jacob Hopkins

  Book, School, Thinking

  Source: hollywoodlife.com

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• Don't just dream it. Be it!

  Richard O'Brien

  Dream, Inspiration

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• When I was three years old, I went to an orphanage, but because of the beatings, I ran away when I was five and lived alone by selling gum on the streets. For ten years, I lived like a fly. I was eventually able to graduate elementary and middle school through qualification examinations and the first thing that I ever liked was music.

  Choi Sung-bong

  School, Years, Three

  "Choi Sung Bong's moving rendition on Korea's Got Talent induces tears and controversy". www.allkpop.com. June 06, 2011.

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• We called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He ended up playing golf and being a really nice golfer.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Nice, School, Son

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city.

  Nick Kroll

  School, Cities, Clubs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.

  Mike Tucker

  School, Guitar, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.

  Sally Ride

  Girl, School, Dumb

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• I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.

  Harry Shum, Jr.

  School, Play, Dancing

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• When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes.

  William Bell

  Military, School, Weekend

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• I started rowing in December 1995. The place was Association Nautique Faontainbleau in France. A friend of mine from middle school told me that I should join him 3 times a week for rowing because my hands were so big that I would'nt require oars to row.

  Xeno Muller

  School, Hands, Association

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• People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

  David Wright

  School, People, Underdog

  Sean Platt, David Wright (2011). “Yesterday's Gone: Season One”, p.364, Sterling & Stone

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