I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like,… — Paloma Elsesser Copy Share Image
There is no more staunch advocate for taking public dollars and giving them to private schools - private schools that can pick… — Claudio Sanchez Copy Share Image
Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
My mom was concerned that us four little black girls have a really well-balanced life. She wanted us to be around people… — Kelis Copy Share Image
Well, first of all, I grew up in New York City, going to first a public school, then a private school, and… — Mark Feuerstein Copy Share Image
Before playing football, I didn't fit in anywhere. My parents didn't have a lot of money, which they spent on our education… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
At eight or nine I passed the exam for Notting Hill and Ealing High, a private school. I had an assisted place;… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend… — Marcus Mariota Copy Share Image
President-elect [Donald] Trump has made a provocative choice for secretary of education. Betsy DeVos comes from a wealthy Michigan family. She is… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Then all this started to pick up because I signed with ForeFront when I was in seventh grade. It got a lot… — Stacie Orrico Copy Share Image
“Many white children in this city never set foot in a public school. They follow in the footsteps of their parents and… — Kristen Green Copy Share Image
Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Rich Indians typically tried to work around a dysfunctional government. Private security was hired, city water was filtered, private school tuitions were… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
This seemed a dreary and wasted life for a girl with fifteen years of straight A's, but I knew that's what marriage… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
In fact, one day I was going to Jackson and I saw a huge sign that U.S. Senator John Stennis was speaking… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I was educated in a private school in England amongst people who had been trained for sort of banking or the Army… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
I used to teach at a private school, and the parents thought I loved their children. I did not love their children!… — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
In the private system and the private schools, the principal is pretty much a dictator. He or she can hire whoever s/he… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
When I was at Paisley Grammar we were equipped to compete with the private-school kids - and encouraged to do so. The… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
I was really lucky. I had a really great opportunity. I went to an all girls, very small private school from seventh… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
I was at a small private school in London. I wasn't very academic. My dad said to me, 'OK, you might as… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I just cannot understand why we can't have better schools. That private schools are the only option for the kind of high-net-worth… — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
School choice opponents are also dishonest when they speak of saving public schools. A Heritage Foundation survey found that 47 percent of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Jack Sturtzer, one of my cousins, had gone to art school and suggested that I might be interested in a private school… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
The private schools and the independent schools like Oprah's are really doing well because they've got the best of everything but it… — Charlayne Hunter-Gault Copy Share Image
You can be distracted by your love life, by the baseball game, movies, by the nonsense. "Can I get my kid into… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If you make the decision to send your kid to public school don't even look at private schools. Just shut the door.… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
I come from an area where a lot of people, they didn't really stay in high school that long. They just went… — Nelson Agholor Copy Share Image
Joe Biden sent his own children to an elite private school, and parades as the Black Lives Matter candidate, yet his policies… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
Just as members of American teachers unions often send their own children to private schools, so unionized workers at government-run hospitals in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
When I was in - at Vassar, and I came from a public high school in New Jersey, there was - that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
My parents are very successful, and I went to the nicest private school in the Seattle area. I was lucky. But I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags… — Alicia Coppola Copy Share Image
I think private school is much better at customer service and making the parents feel better, especially in Los Angeles. It's almost… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
If you are a kid in Beverly Hills, (I am not putting down people who live in Beverly Hills) if that kid… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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