School Quotes - Page 26

• I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to be cute and adorable.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Cute, Adorable, Naked

  "Regrets? He's had a few ..." by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2006.

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• I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Thinking, Small Numbers, Dying

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• I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

  Julie Bowen

  Sports, Hockey, Lacrosse

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• When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

  Ray Bradbury

  High School, Self Education, No Money

  "A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library" by Jennifer Steinhauer, www.nytimes.com. June 19, 2009.

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• I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

  Zach Braff

  Film, Wanted, Film School

  "Marathon Man: Zach Braff". Interview with Jennifer Campbell, www.askmen.com.

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• I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.

  Jo Brand

  Distance, Swimming, Sea

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.

  Jo Brand

  Brother, Boys, Two

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• I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.

  Richard Branson

  Years, Understanding, Tests

  "Life at 30,000 feet". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. March, 2007.

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• I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.

  Jeff Bridges

  Ocean, Mean, Years

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• I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.

  Wilford Brimley

  Men, Thinking, Years

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• I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

  David Brinkley

  Very Good, Advertisements, Advertising Agencies

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• You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

  Eli Broad

  Teacher, Ifs, Principal

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• In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.

  Eli Broad

  Teacher, Want, Statements

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• School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

  Eli Broad

  Teacher, Practice, Needs

  Eli Broad (2012). “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking”, p.140, John Wiley & Sons

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• The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

  Eli Broad

  Summer, Dream, College

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• Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

  Eli Broad

  Giving, United States, Needs

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• I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

  Eli Broad

  America, Michigan, Credit

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• School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.

  Eli Broad

  People, Office, Parent

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Eli Broad". Interview with John A. Byrne, www.bloomberg.com. December 2, 2002.

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• The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

  Eli Broad

  Teacher, Practice, Progress

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• That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.

  Garth Brooks

  Friday, Football, Cutting

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• The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me.

  Alton Brown

  Doors, Video, Band

  "13 Questions With Alton Brown". Askmen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.

  H. Rap Brown

  Teacher, Jobs, Teaching

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• My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.

  Dave Brubeck

  Dad, Years, Track

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• The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

  Jerome Bruner

  Education, Laziness, Guessing

  The Process of Education (p. 14)

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• I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.

  Frank Bruno

  Sports, Play, Deals

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