Absolute Quote by Imelda Staunton

As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my…

— Julie Burchill

My parents wanted me to go to school.

— SZA

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

My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to…

— Leon Jouhaux

When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted…

— Stephen Mangan

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was…

— Brian Blessed

My mum wanted me to go to university.

— Florence Welch

I always wanted to be a young mum.

— Frankie Bridge

When I was eight, my parents saved up to send me to private school, but I found it so tough that I often escaped…

— Peter Jones

Growing up, we were a poor yet tightknit family. My mother worked multiple jobs and always made sure that her kids never had to…

— Nia Jax

All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.

— Patti Smith

I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else. So when I was a teen I reached…

— George Foreman