We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I wanted to be pale. I didn't wanna go in the sun, because I was in school with a lot of white… — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
Why do teachers think it's okay to plan for loads of homework and projects the last few days of school? Give me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop. — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs -… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
What matters school? We can go to school to-morrow. Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we shall always… — Carlo Collodi Copy Share Image
When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn learning itself - by years. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
THE POWER OF THE GROUP We all want to feel a sense of belonging. This isn’t a character flaw. It’s fundamental to… — Rosalind Wiseman Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go to college or work in an office or have a nine-to-five job. I knew that quite clearly… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I wouldn't even bring my school bag home. I'd just leave it there. That's really bad, I know, but I thought,… — Maura Higgins Copy Share Image
I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
In high school, I was watching so much 'SNL,' learning the impressions that Dana Carvey and Jimmy Fallon did, mimicking Chris Farley… — Melissa Villasenor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I never enjoyed school and I was never that good at school so leaving wasn't the biggest thing, but the social aspect… — Lando Norris Copy Share Image
A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Bathrooms have always been a big issue in my life. My parents fought for me to be able to enroll in elementary… — Jazz Jennings Copy Share Image
I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good… — Bo Bice Copy Share Image
I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a… — Lance Burton Copy Share Image
I was a pretty unsavvy applicant, and I am grateful that the dean of admissions at Princeton chose to take a chance… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
“Ukiwa na kipaji nenda shule kurekebisha kipaji chako, ukiwa na ujuzi nenda shule kurekebisha ujuzi wako.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
I went to school because I was supposed to. I did pre-med because my mum thought it was a good idea. — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
You can go pretty much anywhere in the world, and people know 'Beat It.' When I was growing up, you heard it… — John 5 Copy Share Image
In school, if you take too long in the bathroom, everyone thinks you pooped! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It isn't that some gay will get some rights. It's that everyone else in our state will lose rights. For instance, parents… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
There were no politics to polarize us then, to magnify every slight. The "negroes" of Washington had their public schools, restaurants, bars,… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I really like London now. But probably, in the future, when I need to bring my child to the school and take… — Alvaro Morata Copy Share Image
