School Quotes - Page 31

• I was dating my first boyfriend in high school for a long time, and we broke up before prom. I hadn't met anyone else that I really wanted to go with, and my friends have always been amazing. So I went with my friends and got a million photos with them!

  Shay Mitchell

  Long, Dating, Firsts

  "Exclusive Shay Mitchell Interview" by Ellen Collis, www.seventeen.com. December 22, 2011.

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• I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

  Lady Gaga

  Running, Jobs, Parent

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• I was a scholarship minor public school day boy at Ardingly College and later Whitgift School. Then, straight into work as a journalist - a wonderful thing for a writer.

  Neil Gaiman

  Boys, College, Wonderful

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• I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Kids, Thinking, Trying

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. December 16, 2003.

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• It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Equality, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.16, A&C Black

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• If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Government, Atheism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about twenty-five I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.

  James Gandolfini

  Intelligent, Thinking, Class

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

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• I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Girl, Boys, Special

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• One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

  Ashley Montagu

  College, Littles, Medical

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• My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.

  Jennifer Garner

  Girlfriend, Two, Community

  "Jennifer Garner Was Not A Cool Kid", www.fansshare.com. February 6, 2012.

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• It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.

  Jennifer Garner

  Mom, Kids, Home

  "8 times Jennifer Garner was all of us when she talked about motherhood" by Allison Slater Tate, www.today.com. November 4, 2016.

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• The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?

  Henry Louis Gates

  Children, Reading, Rights

  Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012). “The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader”, p.546, Basic Books

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• Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Kids, Law, White

  "Henry Louis Gates Uncovers 'Faces Of America'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. February 17, 2010.

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• For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Ambition, Training, Want

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• How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

  Cory Monteith

  Lunch, Musical, Glee

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• My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Rivers, Waiting

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• There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

  Ricky Gervais

  Inspiration, Humor, Differences

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 12, 2012.

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• Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

  Amy Lee

  Looks, Cost, Littles

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• I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified actor.' But I did think that House was something I didn't have to apologise for. It was something I was really proud of and it was sort of ... whether you liked it or not, it was undeniable.

  Hugh Laurie

  Drama, Thinking, House

  "Hugh Laurie: 'There's a sensual pleasure involved in making music that I just can't get from acting'". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2013.

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• I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musicals and then it kind of got to a point where I started to - wanted to do my own songs.

  Avril Lavigne

  Motivational, Song, Singing

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 20, 2011.

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• I studied acting in school and then of course couldn't get an acting job.

  Denis Leary

  Jobs, Acting, Courses

  "Frank Skinner and Denis Leary: flatmates reunited". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2003.

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• I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

  Denis Leary

  Catholic, Use, Tactics

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• I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

  Denis Leary

  Basketball, Hockey, Player

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• I went to school with Steven Wright who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in a club doing standup comedy. I went down to his club and he was great. Another friend of mine, who was pretty much a thief by trade, was hosting the show. So I thought if these guys can do it then so can I.

  Denis Leary

  Guy, One Day, Thieves

  "Frank Skinner and Denis Leary: flatmates reunited". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2003.

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• Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Book, Writing, Literature

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Sep 17, 2011

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