Educated Quote by Billy Bragg

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that…

— Anthony Mackie

I didn't get the chance to go to university, even though I'd have liked to. I was expected to go straight to work because…

— Angela Rippon

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 before I…

— Aidan Gillen

When I left school I went onto the shop floor, working 12-hour shifts in a TV factory. My workmates were sharp, skilled and all…

— John McDonnell

I was never told that the purpose of school was to get a job at the end of it. What was pushed on me…

— Nicola Walker

I was the first in my family to go to college, and I waitressed all the way through, using my earnings to pay for…

— Ali Liebegott

I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated,…

— George Lucas

I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in school, which was film studies.…

— Dylan O'Brien

My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get good grades,…

— Tony Rock

Growing up, I always said I would never go in to education. Both of my parents were teachers - my dad was also a…

— Michelle McCool

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was…

— Dick Gephardt