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
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Chinmaya Mission has been a very strong part of my life since childhood. I have been associated with Chinmaya Mission since primary… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I love 'Into The Woods.' I auditioned for a couple of productions since being in it at school but haven't been successful. — George Blagden Copy Share Image
Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were part of school, and doing well in school… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
In order to bring down the incarceration rate, you've got to start with the beginning of life. You've got to make sure… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
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In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our… — Lucas Grabeel Copy Share Image
A large section of the idling classes of England get their incomes by believing that Jesus was born of a virgin and… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you are given… — AJ Villajos Copy Share Image
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I remember being a young black kid in high school, I didn't think the establishment or the political system was for me.… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Our kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I did a severe amount of plays in high school. I was in every single show that my drama club produced. Then… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
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Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Spidey was the one comic I read consistently throughout my childhood. As someone who grew up a nerd, scrawny, and picked on… — Josh Keaton Copy Share Image
We [film supervisors] always try to encourage discussion in the room because a lot of times newer animators who are just out… — Victor Navone Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be able to use my painting ideas as decoration on pottery, but my painting did not… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I had a hard time with bullying in school, so being creative was my outlet. — Ashley Nell Tipton Copy Share Image
I was going to a school to be a doctor, so figuring out nutrition, that's really worked. — Raquel Pennington Copy Share Image
When I'm at home or at school, I'm casual and comfortable. I tend to wear work out clothes and lots of sweaters. — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
First, I'm a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited… — Spencer Dinwiddie Copy Share Image
My very first professional job was a cartoon, doing voices for the Mr. T cartoon in high school. — Phil LaMarr Copy Share Image
We are shaped by stories from the first moments of life, and even before. Stories tell us who we are, why we… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
You get told a lot in school to tell what you know, write what you know. But what excites me about filmmaking,… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Two years after drama school, I had a nervous breakdown: I heard voices, and the voice I heard in my head was… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
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New Jersey was actually a very cold place. There was such an intense concentration of wealth, and such a low concentration of… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than… — Hortense Powdermaker Copy Share Image
From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college… — Steve James Copy Share Image
The sea has formed the English character and the essential England is to be found in those who follow it. From blue… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I think that everybody has hard work side, no matter what your job is, you have bad days, you have people you… — Kate Upton Copy Share Image
Yes, well I do have plenty of clothes, jewels and money. However I don't ask for money for myself but if some… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image