Skipping School Quotes

• I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. Which I am not recommending teenagers do if they read this.

  Kristen Wiig

  Stars, Teenager, School

  Interview with Dave Grohl, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 19, 2011.

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• Skipping school isn't a crime. It's an infraction. They're totally different.

  Cory Doctorow

  School, Different, Crime

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.23, Macmillan

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• I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took.

  Tig Notaro

  School, Talking, Class

  "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.

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• One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.

  Hugh Jackman

  Sports, Fun, Dad

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• I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  George Clinton

  School, Circles, Tin Pan Alley

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