“I have some memories of certain things that happened in high school when I was stoned out of my mind, but I talked with other people about them, and I trusted the aggregated memories.” PeopleMindSchoolCertainMemoriesHappenedHigh SchoolTrustedOf My Mind Author:Gary Shteyngart
“Certain individual words do possess more pitch, more radiance, more shazam! than others, but it's the way words are juxtaposed with other words in a phrase or sentence that can create magic. Perhaps literally. The word "grammar," like its sister word "glamour," is actually derived from an old Scottish word that meant "sorcery." When we were made to diagram sentences in high school, we were unwittingly being instructed in syntax sorcery, in wizardry. We were all enrolled at Hogwarts. Who knew?” WayMadeSchoolCertainIndividualMagicHigh SchoolSentencesPhrasesGrammarGlamourScottishRadianceSyntaxSorceryDiagramsWizardryHogwarts Author:Tom Robbins
“[On refusing to do nude movie scenes:] There are certain people who should know what you look like naked. I just don't think your high-school algebra teacher should be one of them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldLooksSchoolCertainTeacherSceneHigh SchoolNakedNudityAlgebra Author:Julia Roberts
“There are certain things in there that no one else would recognize, really. I see details of my life that I didn't even intend to put in when I was doing the work. For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in The Death-Ray is based on somebody I went to high school with.” KidsSchoolCertainExampleHigh SchoolDetailsRays Author:Daniel Clowes
“I don't think I'd be a party girl [even if I were] in college. When I was in high school, I remember seeing girls crying in the bathroom every Monday about what they did at a party that weekend. I never wanted to be that girl crying in the bathroom. But there are certain things that I would like to do but can't. Sometimes I don't get invited to things because my friends know it's going to be a hassle to take me.” IfsThinkingKnowsSometimesWantedSchoolRememberCertainGirlPartySeeingCryCollegeHigh SchoolMy FriendsTake MeWeekendInvitedMondayBathroomThat GirlHassleParty GirlGirl Crying Author:Taylor Swift
“I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful really. They all had a high school. That vulnerability is completely permanent and, as an actor, it's a good thing.” PeopleThinkingWayReasonCharacterSchoolCertainActorsPowerfulHigh SchoolGood ThingsPermanentVulnerabilityHelpfulLoserVery Powerful Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Before High School Musical, I wanted to be a nitty-gritty actress. And High School Musical came along, and, I was like, "Oh my God, fun!" But the more we did it, the more prude I became.... When I am around kids and they come up to me, of course I am going to act a certain way, but at the end of the day, I'm doing this for myself. I'm going to be doing movies kids can't watch.” WayEndsKidsWantedSchoolCertainCoursesFunWatchesHigh SchoolMusicalCome UpActressesThe End Of The DayPrudesHigh School Musical Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.” PeopleKnowsSchoolCertainCommunityCompanyHigh SchoolTownsInstitutionsPublishingSmall Town Author:Alice Hoffman
“I never went to school for that. In high school we had photography, which was great. That was another moment of discovery. I had a great teacher - I can't even remember her name now. I ended up going to boarding school for my last high school years and they had a dark room there. Of course there was curfew; you were supposed to be in bed at a certain time. But I would sneak out and sneak into the dark room and work all night.” YearsI CanMomentsSchoolLastsRememberNightCertainCoursesNamesDarkRoomsTeacherBedPhotographyHigh SchoolDiscoverySupposed To BeAll NightGreat TeacherSneakDark RoomCurfewSchool Years Author:Jeff Vespa
“John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor.” YearsLittlesMadeWholeKidsTodaySchoolCertainCultureFoundLeftLanguageChangedTypeInternetHigh SchoolStaticTextingHashtagsHigh School Movie Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.” IfsImportantSchoolCertainAbilityChildhoodSkillsDegreesHigh SchoolSense Of HumorUniquenessAdolescenceOrganizeAmerican PoliticsSchool Days Author:Lee Atwater
“I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.” FirstsSchoolTogetherCertainSongLevelsHigh SchoolCompetitionRichesPianoMy SisterOne TimeSoloJuniorsRagsChoirPiano PlayingRags To Riches Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“There's certain classes you have to take, certain things you have to do, certain money you must have. Then, if you listen to the counselors and social workers and everybody else talking at you, you would think that once you got out of high school and college, life would be beautiful. But it's not.” IfsThinkingWould BeSchoolBeautifulCertainSocialTalkingClassCollegeHigh SchoolWorkersSocial WorkerCounselorCollege Life Author:Snoop Dogg
“Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of. I knew I knew very little, but I was certain that the things I had yet to learn wouldn't be taught to me at George Washington High School.” KnowsLittlesSchoolCertainGoneWorstAwarenessTaughtWillingHigh SchoolIgnorantCagedI Know Why The Caged Bird SingsBeing Ignorant Book:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings