High School Quotes - Page 28

• My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag out our window. Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war.

  Katha Pollitt

  Daughter, Block, War

  Katha Pollitt (2007). “Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time”, p.46, Random House

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• Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches.

  Saul Bellow

  School, Politics, Firsts

  "The Portable Curmudgeon". Book by Jon Winokur, p. 219, 1987.

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• I haven't personally experienced bullying, but when I was in high school, I had a best friend who became a bully. I took a stand and took it upon myself to separate from her. I couldn't be associated with her because it wasn't the type of person I wanted to be.

  Amber Riley

  Best Friend, Bullying, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she's here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream.

  Jared Leto

  Inspiring, Girl, Mom

  "The 10 most powerful celebrity speeches of 2014" by Leanne Bayley, www.glamourmagazine.co.uk. September 26, 2014.

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• I play for the poor man. I try to give a thrill to the lunch bucket fan. I know their plight. I worked in a factory in high school. The poor folk who lay out the hard bread to see a game. That's where my heart lies. The rich don't need heroes.

  Leon Wagner

  Baseball, Lying, Hero

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• I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had principles and logic ... [rather than dealing with a] messy thing called life. It just wasn't organized, and I wanted to stick with the nice pristine sciences of chemistry and physics, where everything made sense. I wish I had learned sooner that biology could be fun as well.

  Francis Collins

  Appreciation, Fun, Nice

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• Gotta have safety at our borders. We're a sovereign nation, gotta protect our borders. Make sure the workplace doesn't become a magnet for folks to be hired without the authorization. And then let's be realistic and sensible about how we approach all those folks who made America their home, established businesses, have children who have gone on to be valedictorians at their high school - and let's do these things in a very sensible way.

  Xavier Becerra

  Children, Home, School

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• It's amnesty that America can't afford. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to America illegally and then be granted citizenship one day... The majority that are here illegally are low-skilled or may not even have a high school diploma. The Republican Party is not going to compete over who can give more social programs out. They will become Democrats because of the social programs they'll depend on.

  Lou Barletta

  Party, School, Light

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• Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support of great teachers and an innovative tutoring program, he led a march of his classmates - through a crowd of cheering parents and neighbors - from their high school to the post office, where they mailed off their college applications. And this son of a factory worker just found out he's going to college this fall.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, New York, Cheer

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• During the sole argument we had when [Chelsea] was in high school, the subject of which I don't even remember, I looked at her and said, 'As long as you're in this house, being president is my second most important job'.

  William J. Clinton

  Fathers Day, Jobs, Dad

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• When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.

  Michael Jordan

  Sports, Team, School

  "I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan, 1994.

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• Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times.

  Hubie Brown

  Basketball, Team, School

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• In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.

  David Spade

  Funny, Smart, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.

  Anson Dorrance

  Girl, Senior, Sports

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• We went to high school together; he was a year older than me. I remember him there . . . he was very tall and skinny, wore lots of ponytails in his head, and I'm pretty sure I bought weed from him. I had to have.

  Cameron Diaz

  Weed, School, Marijuana

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• You might be a redneck if... your high school basketball game got rained out.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Basketball, Rain, School

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• My high school girlfriend would ask if I finally learned how to unbutton the back of a sweater!

  Breckin Meyer

  Girlfriend, School, Sweaters

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When my pals in high school were starting to drink, it always looked unappealing to me. I would be at a big party and see one of the popular girls or football players completely wasted and puking and acting a fool, and think to myself, there is nothing cool about that. I never wanted to be that out of control.

  Kathy Griffin

  Girl, Football, Party

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• In high school, when I first heard of entropy, I was attracted to it immediately. They said that in nature all systems are breaking down, and I thought, What a wonderful thing; perhaps I can make some small contribution to this process, myself.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, School, Firsts

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

  George Raveling

  Basketball, Football, Running

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• My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Brother, Team

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• I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, School, Guy

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• I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, School, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Besides P.E., geography was my best class in high school. I was in this gifted class when I was younger, and it was wicked!

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, School, Class

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• The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Team, School

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