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I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way… so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.

Ida B. Wells

American journalist and civil rights activist (1862-1931)

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

Abe Lemons

American basketball player and coach

I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland – I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.

Norman Wisdom

English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter

The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals.

Gordon Moore

American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929-2023)

I’m 18, I’m going to graduate high school in a few months.

Camilla Belle

American actress

My parents couldn’t afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

Christopher Parker

English actor

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.

Joseph Priestley

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733-1804)

The argument that somehow we’ve got to get rid of minority scholarships so that we can have a free and fair America implies that we have a colorblind society where minorities are equal in their pursuit of funds to go to school.

William H. Gray

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.

Shawn Ashmore

Canadian actor

Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.

Paul Weyrich

American political activist

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