I studied a lot from bossa nova, and I used to listen to it a lot as a kid because my mum… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
My parents would dress us up in traditional Vietnamese clothing to go to school for heritage day. We have a Vietnamese nanny… — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to do, and I would always say I wanted… — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every time I wrote a school scene, I thought of that drama studio, because that's where I was a bit lost at… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
“Within the grand scale of things, sitting in a classroom day after day is so utterly meaningless and pointless that it actually… — Tabitha Suzuma Copy Share Image
Public schools in the late '80s and early '90s were a total mess... we felt that if I was going to have… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of… — John Carney Copy Share Image
I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“So here's the deal: I speak up in class, I get sent to office. Megan speaks up in class, she's a "strong,… — Katie Alender Copy Share Image
Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book,and dismiss whatever insults your own soul... It is… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
It was only after 20 years of being dunked in the religious culture that I got caught up in 'religion.' I had… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Life is a school, a place for us to learn and grow. We, like Adam and Eve, experience 'growing pains' through the… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy,… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
A painter may be an abandoned mimic; at school he copies his teachers, which is only right, but he copies in turn… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more… — Steve Mariucci Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of those guys. My dad was in military school and I have a bunch of buddies that… — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
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I'd missed science and what it was all about because I was too busy trying to think of other things, when I… — Dallas Campbell Copy Share Image
I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a… — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
We read at school about celestial bodies being up in the heavens and forget that we ourselves are living on a corpo… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher was in my year, and our first-year college photograph shows us standing side by side in the back row. We… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
My dad was a high school and college coach, and in my house my dad muted sideline reporters because he wasn't interested… — Samantha Ponder Copy Share Image
It costs $30,000 to $50,000 per year to send someone to jail. You don't have to pay so much to send someone… — John Money Copy Share Image
If schools don't make books important then children who come from homes with no books, and who don't visit libraries, will never… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I conceptually didn't want black people to have context, to take it out of all that history.… — Toyin Odutola Copy Share Image
I tell you that studying humanities in high school is more important than mathematics - mathematics is too sharp an instrument, no… — Stefan Banach Copy Share Image
I'm shocked that sleep hygiene is not a global priority, and even more irate that my three children are expected to maintain… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On… — Henry Fonda Copy Share Image
Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
In fact, I barely missed being number one in France in both schools. In particular I did very well in mathematical problems. — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
If you're with a good band and everybody's from the old school, it's different. When you're in your element, you're in your… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
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I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I took a job at the Walt Disney Company and after 18 months decided to go to business school at Harvard. I… — Jason Kilar Copy Share Image
