It is true that I grew up in an affluent neighborhood and went to a prestigious school. But there were horrors that… — Kirby Wright Copy Share Image
Me getting dressed before school: Sits there for twenty minutes without a shirt on thinking about all the reasons why I hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I wanted to capture what language ability tests could never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Training the workforce of tomorrow with today's high schools is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I grew up with gay family members, and I went to a performing arts high school. So I grew up in children's… — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of… — Ben Schnetzer Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
The common schools are the stomachs of the country in which all people that come to us are assimilated within a generation.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
If religious freedom is to endure in America, the responsibility for teaching religion to public school children must be left to the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Starting in high school and continuing through our higher education system, we must ensure our students are on the right path to… — Pat McCrory Copy Share Image
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
In high school I had some famously egregious fashion missteps. I was really out there in fashion, I think because I wanted… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to argue with some of my Labour colleagues about doing what it takes to see that every school has the… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table… — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep… — Tobias Lindholm Copy Share Image
Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
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
Graduating high school was really emotional for me. I'd obviously made a huge thing out of what that experience was for me,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
In my freshman year of high school, I don't think I had a single date. I was really shy, really timid and… — Eddie Guerrero Copy Share Image
When I was In high school, I became interested in Greek mythology. I had to know all about the exact dates of… — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
ACID Kreationz was founded in 2008. I formed this business with the purpose of paying my university tuition because my teaching salary… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy… — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
Seventh grade was the first time I dyed my hair, and I went to school with red and black stripes, so I… — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
My original plan was to graduate high school and major in computer engineering at college. That went out the window, and I… — Lizzie Velasquez Copy Share Image
First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet… — Ellen Muth Copy Share Image
Writing scripts is fine because you get through a page quickly. But writing words just reminds me of school. To me a… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town outside Philadelphia and went to the local high school, where I ran track all four… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
It has been nine years since the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools, yet less than ten per cent of the Negro… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I'd always been one of the best in my gymnastics school, so I transferred to trying to be the best dancer, without… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
