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"I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas."
Paul Taylor
"I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas."
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"There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate."
Chi McBride
"There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate."
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"My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent."
Clea Duvall
"My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent."
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"I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school."
Christina Aguilera
"I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school."
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"I wanted to go to sea when I graduated from high school but my folks talked me out of it."
William M. Thomas
"I wanted to go to sea when I graduated from high school but my folks talked me out of it."
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"I educated myself. To me, school was boring."
Van Morrison
"I educated myself. To me, school was boring."
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"Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers."
Frederic William Farrar
"Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers."
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"I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle."
Dorothy Malone
"I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle."
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"I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school."
Francis Ford Coppola
"I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school."
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"I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school."
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"In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three."
Julianna Moore
"In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three."
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"We shot 'High School Musical' in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for 'Hairspray' than filming 'High School Musical'."
Zac Efron
"We shot 'High School Musical' in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for 'Hairspray' than filming 'High School Musical'."
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"I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school."
John Newcombe
"I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school."
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"Give a lift to a tomato, you expect her to be nice, don't ya? After all, what kind of dames thumb rides, Sunday school teachers?"
Martin Goldsmith
"Give a lift to a tomato, you expect her to be nice, don't ya? After all, what kind of dames thumb rides, Sunday school teachers?"
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"You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school."
Colin Mochrie
"You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school."
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"I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir."
Elizabeth Moon
"I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir."
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"I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school."
Douglass North
"I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school."
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"Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising."
Billy Crystal
"Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising."
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"In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do."
Lucas Grabeel
"In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do."
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"In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some."
Emo Philips
"In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some."
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"I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts."
Maya Lin
"I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts."
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"I want to get away from the high school thing and do other types of roles."
Shannon Elizabeth
"I want to get away from the high school thing and do other types of roles."
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"Sunday school don't make you cool forever."
Sly Stone
"Sunday school don't make you cool forever."
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"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."
Charlene Tilton
"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."
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"Most every dental school has discount dental services."
Matthew Lesko
"Most every dental school has discount dental services."
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"At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer."
Tanith Lee
"At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer."
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"I was always one who was clowning around in school and getting in trouble."
David Boreanaz
"I was always one who was clowning around in school and getting in trouble."
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"I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up."
Maya Lin
"I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up."
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"It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs."
John Gardner
"It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs."
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"Going to school is an everyday process; it isn't something we accomplish and are all done with."
Bruce Vento
"Going to school is an everyday process; it isn't something we accomplish and are all done with."
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"I was way into Primus in high school so hanging out with him was a thrill."
Mike Lowry
"I was way into Primus in high school so hanging out with him was a thrill."
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"A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it."
Cotton Mather
"A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it."
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"I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating."
Ryan Sheckler
"I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating."
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"My school is attended by near three hundred scholars."
Joseph Lancaster
"My school is attended by near three hundred scholars."
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"I went to high school with Al Capone."
Desi Arnaz
"I went to high school with Al Capone."
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"I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks."
Claire Forlani
"I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks."
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"I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off."
George Cole
"I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off."
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"A good place to start initially would be school plays."
Sara Gilbert
"A good place to start initially would be school plays."
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"So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened."
Ted Nelson
"So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened."
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"I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in."
Harvey Pekar
"I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in."
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"I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly."
Suzy Bogguss
"I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly."
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"When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more."
Jane Birkin
"When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more."
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"I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him."
James S. Coleman
"I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him."
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"I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true."
Jim Otto
"I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true."
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"When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China."
Alex Chiu
"When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China."
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"At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers."
Kristin Scott Thomas
"At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers."
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"Lou and I met while we were in high school in our senior year. We were in many of the same classes together and quite a few times we went over to his house to hang out."
Phil Harris
"Lou and I met while we were in high school in our senior year. We were in many of the same classes together and quite a few times we went over to his house to hang out."
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"I had gone to school to study marine biology."
Skeet Ulrich
"I had gone to school to study marine biology."
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"I went out to visit Dorsey Burnette, after I graduated high school."
Jimmy Griffin
"I went out to visit Dorsey Burnette, after I graduated high school."
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"I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble."
Scott Caan
"I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble."
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