School Quotes - Page 36

• From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

  Ewan McGregor

  Drama, Years, Theatre

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• I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.

  Ewan McGregor

  Way, Kind

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• Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.

  Ewan McGregor

  Seven Months, Aggravation, Theatre

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• I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!

  Danica McKellar

  Believe, Self, People

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• In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.

  Danica McKellar

  Teacher, Home, Mean

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• I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

  James Patterson

  Fun, Thinking, Years

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• I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.

  Danica McKellar

  Years, Lucky, Wonder

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• I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them.

  James Patterson

  Book, Writing, Fiction

  "James Patterson interview with longtime editor Michael Pietsch". Interview with Michael Pietsch, www.usatoday.com. March 15, 2013.

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• There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and 'we have more important problems than education' attitudes.

  James Patterson

  Attitude, Government, Important

  "How to get your kid to be a fanatic reader". Interview With James Patterson, www.cnn.com. September 28, 2011.

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• I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.

  Danica McKellar

  Girl, Math, White

  "Math Book Helps Girls Embrace Their Inner Mathematician". Interview with Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. August 2, 2007.

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• When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school!

  Danica McKellar

  Fun, Math, Ucla

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

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• Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.

  Rand Paul

  Children, Color, Class

  "Sen. Rand Paul's Speech at Howard University". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 10, 2013.

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• What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

  Gregory Peck

  Gnarly, Feet, Inches

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• I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

  Katharine McPhee

  Swimmer, Middle, High School

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• I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.

  Alexander McQueen

  Running, Blue, Black

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• I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.

  Malcolm Mclaren

  Art, Morning, Believe

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• I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.

  Amanda Peet

  Boys, Thinking, People

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• In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.

  Russell Means

  Thinking, Government, Ideas

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• Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.

  John Mellencamp

  Teacher, Fighting, Thinking

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• A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

  H. L. Mencken

  Family, Children, Sunday

  H.L. Mencken “A little book in C major”, Рипол Классик

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• I think that you should definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is not the real world.

  Katy Perry

  Real, Thinking, People

  "Katy Perry's High School Memories". www.seventeen.com. August 18, 2010.

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• Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

  Katy Perry

  Movie, Mtv, Circles

  "Katy Perry (she kisses boys, too!)". Interview with Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. January 5, 2010.

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• At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn't allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn't do anything with my classmates.

  Joyce Meyer

  Sports, Lonely, Party

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• I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.

  Lea Michele

  Boys, Years, Focus

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• But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.

  Lea Michele

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  "'Glee' Lea Michele, Chris Colfer interview: 'Barbra Streisand should not be a guest star'". Interview With Catriona Wightman, www.digitalspy.com. September 19, 2011.

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