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title: "12 Taught School Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-was-taught-in-school-that-i-have-to-look-out-for-number-one-that/)

[Tom Shadyac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-shadyac/)

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> [So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mitnick/so-the-ethic-i-was-taught-in-school-resulted-in-the-path-i-chose-in/)

[Kevin Mitnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-mitnick/)

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> [I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-wozniak/i-have-always-respected-education-which-is-why-i-actually-went-back/)

[Steve Wozniak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-wozniak/)

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> [I'm going to teach high school. History and economics. I may even coach wrestling. Hey, Indiana Jones taught school, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-prince/i-m-going-to-teach-high-school-history-and-economics-i-may-even-coach/)

[Erik Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-prince/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/erik-prince-5732_economics_i-m-going-to-teach-high-school-history-a_809773.jpg)

> [What makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-murdoch/what-makes-you-imagine-that-anything-of-importance-can-be-taught-in-a/)

[Iris Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-murdoch/)

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> [We were taught in school that there was a fundamental difference between black people and white people - that we were superior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-grobbelaar/we-were-taught-in-school-that-there-was-a-fundamental-difference/)

[Bruce Grobbelaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-grobbelaar/)

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> [To be honest, I don't think we were taught much of anything in school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-zukerman/to-be-honest-i-don-t-think-we-were-taught-much-of-anything-in-school/)

[Ashley Zukerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-zukerman/)

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> [As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-you-can-see-there-are-quite-a-number-of-things-taught-in-school/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We were taught in school, and I was taught at home and in church, that blacks and whites were equal and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/we-were-taught-in-school-and-i-was-taught-at-home-and-in-church-that/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [Of course, we cannot expect everything to be taught at school. So much of what makes a child - their hunger and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ulrika-jonsson/of-course-we-cannot-expect-everything-to-be-taught-at-school-so-much/)

[Ulrika Jonsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ulrika-jonsson/)

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> [When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-chiu/when-i-was-in-taiwan-i-was-taught-in-school-that-taiwan-is-part-of/)

[Alex Chiu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-chiu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/alex-chiu-21213_china_when-i-was-in-taiwan-i-was-taught-in-sch_181236.jpg)

> [What is taught in the school is not important, how much learned is helpful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yssubramanyam/what-is-taught-in-the-school-is-not-important-how-much-learned-is/)

[Yssubramanyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yssubramanyam/)

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