“A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.” LooksStillsSchoolResultsNovelProgressHeardChangedHigh SchoolHollywoodElectionProducersLife ChangingScreenwritersDrawersWishbones Author:Tom Perrotta
“I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school. And even now, I'm still like, 'Maybe I'll just quit the biz and go to Santa Cruz and study marine biology and have my own research center in the Bahamas.' Yeah, I'm sure it would be just that smooth.” StillsWholeWould BeWantedSchoolMy OwnStudyResearchHigh SchoolYeahWhole LifeQuittingBiologySmoothMarineSantaBiologistCruzMarine LifeBahamasMarine BiologyMarine BiologistSanta Cruz Author:Cobie Smulders
“When I was still in high school I knew I wanted to live in California.” StillsWantedSchoolHigh SchoolCalifornia Author:Tila Tequila
“I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.” StillsSchoolGoalNew YorkHigh SchoolAccomplishedNew York TimesStoryline Author:Donald Miller
“You still remember your SAT scores. And everybody else does too. Everybody's forgotten everything about themselves, everything else about high school. They remember their SAT scores.” DoeStillsSchoolRememberHigh SchoolForgottenSatScoreSat Scores Author:John Katzman
“I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.” ArtStillsSchoolFilmCoursesPhotographyHigh SchoolEditingUscArt Direction Author:Ray Harryhausen
“I was a jaded high schooler, I was still into pop music, though not as sincerely as I am now. It was more tongue-in-cheek back then.” StillsHigh SchoolPopsTongueCheeksSincerelyPop MusicJadedTongue In Cheek Author:Girl Talk
“I am still a student. My classmates study really hard, so I feel like I should too. But they always say things like: “You don't have to.”, “Aren't you busy?”, “Just give up, you have another way.”; But I don't think that's right. There's no reason for me to give up, I didn't quit high school.” ThinkingWayGivingFeelsShouldStillsHardReasonSchoolStudyStudentsLike YouGiving UpHigh SchoolBusyQuittingNo ReasonAnother WayClassmatesJust Give UpSnsd Author:Seohyun
“In 1985, I was living with my sister in Virginia, and since I was still in high school, I worked at McDonald's to save money to get an abortion. It sounds really terrible, but it was the best decision I ever made. It was the first time I took responsibility for my actions. I messed up, had sex without contraception, and got pregnant at 15.” FirstsMadeStillsActionSchoolSexSoundDecisionResponsibilityTerribleHigh SchoolFirst TimeMade ItAbortionMy SisterPregnantVirginiaSaving MoneyMcdonaldsMessed UpContraception Author:Kathleen Hanna
“My acting teacher in high school was really influential, and we still keep in touch.” StillsSchoolActingTeacherHigh SchoolInfluentialActing Teachers Author:Brandon Jay McLaren
“The one thing I would like to get across about my whole feeling regarding high school is how I was when I was fifteen. Gawky. Always a hem hanging down, or strap loose, or a pimple on my chin. I never knew what to do with my hair. I was a mess. And I still carry that fifteen-year-old girl around now. A piece of me still believes I'm the girl nobody dances with.” YearsBelieveStillsWholeFeelingsSchoolGirlPiecesOne ThingHairHigh SchoolMessFifteenAdolescenceChinsFifteen YearsHemPimplesFifteen Years Old Author:Nora Ephron
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“I dress like a 7-year-old space pilot. I have clothes that I still wear regularly from high school.” YearsStillsSchoolSpaceClothesHigh SchoolDressesPilots Author:Kirsten Vangsness
“I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.” HumansStillsImportantSchoolHigh SchoolHanging OutSchool FriendsHigh School Friends Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.” StillsDifferentStoriesWantedSchoolCoursesAudienceStageFrontsTelevisionInvolvedHigh SchoolExcitingTheaterLuxuryGet BackBroadway Author:Dennis Haysbert
“I didn't go to high school, I didn't go to college, I didn't have women's studies. All of my feminist ideals and education have been built around art and my friends and community. And so it's still growing.” Has BeensArtStillsSchoolCommunityStudyGrowingCollegeHigh SchoolMy FriendsBuiltIdealsFeminist Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance.” WritingStillsBookHelpingSchoolTeachTeacherStudentsHigh SchoolCrossesExtraordinaryCreditBridgesGuidanceGood TeacherGreat WritingEnglish Teacher Author:Julia Glass
“There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.” ThinkingStillsSchoolJobsWalksNew YorkBuildingSummerHigh SchoolInterviewsRejected Author:Noah Baumbach
“No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here.” PeopleDoeStillsMatterSchoolSocialBreakHigh SchoolWhere You AreBreaking DownDynamicsCliqueAmbivalent Author:Colin Hanks
“Acting still rings my bell as much as it did in high school. Plus, I can now indulge my interests as a producer as well. My work is more fun than fun but, best of all, it's still very scary. You are always walking some kind of high wire.” WellsKindStillsI CanSchoolFunInterestActingWalkingHigh SchoolScaryRingsProducersPlusBellsWireIndulge Author:Tom Hanks
“A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had an excuse for using my talents for solving oblique triangles. If a professional mathematician never uses these dull techniques in a highly varied career, why must all high school students devote several weeks to the subject?” IfsStillsUseSchoolCoursesCareersWeekSubjectsTalentStudentsSolutionsHigh SchoolExcuseTechniqueDullPortionsDevotedMathematicianTrianglesFormal EducationHigh School StudentsTrigonometry Author:John G. Kemeny
“I've never gotten over high school, to the extent that I'm still a little surprised that my friends want to hang out with me.” WantLittlesStillsSchoolHigh SchoolMy FriendsHanging Out Book:High Tide in Tucson Source: High Tide in Tucson
“Ive always had a booty even when I was a baby, and when I was in high school and was skinny, I still had the booty. In Hollywoods eyes, the perfect women has to be a stick figure, tall, blonde hair, with big boobs.” StillsBigsEyeSchoolPerfectFiguresHairBabyHigh SchoolHollywoodSticksTallSkinnyBlondeBootyBlonde HairPerfect Woman Author:Coco Austin
“Everybody wants to be a professional baseball player and, sure, as a kid, I wanted to do that. But once I got cut from my high school team, I figured there wasn't much chance of that ever happening. I'm still in awe of it.” WantStillsKidsWantedSchoolChanceCuttingPlayerTeamHappeningsHigh SchoolBaseballAweBaseball Player Author:Mark Buehrle
“The first half of high school, I had a girlfriend, and then the second half I got to know these guys who would just get stoned and jam. I had struck the goth thing by then, but I still thought of myself as Ian Curtis or something.” KnowsFirstsStillsSchoolGuyHalfHigh SchoolGirlfriendJamGoth Author:Ariel Pink
“I didn't necessarily fit in in high school. I felt very awkward. I still feel completely awkward and weird in my body sometimes. I'm hoping that's going to go away, but I've just embraced it as reality.” FeelsStillsSometimesBodyRealitySchoolFeltFitHigh SchoolGoing AwayAwkward Author:Amy Adams
“It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.” YearsFirstsStillsBigsSchoolSportsCollegeHigh SchoolLettersThis DayJuniorsIndianaJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Bo Jackson
“I feel sorry for high school teams still named the Cougars. Now what does the coach say? Get out there and play like horny old ladies!” FeelsDoeStillsPlaySchoolTeamHigh SchoolSorryCoachesOld LadyHornyCougars Author:Dana Gould
“I've had a lot of people who've said they can relate to the show and it's helped them through a lot of difficult times, especially the kids in high school now. Everyone kind of feels like an outcast in high school. Even if you're super popular, you still have issues.” PeopleIfsFeelsKindSaidStillsShowsKidsSchoolDifficultIssuesHigh SchoolRelateDifficult TimesOutcast Author:Jillian Rose Reed
“Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school.” StillsHomeSchoolHigh SchoolWork OutOhio Author:LeBron James
“In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar. So no one ever told me I couldn't write both prose and poetry, and I started out writing all the things I still write: poetry, prose fiction - which took me longer to get published - and non-fiction prose.” WritingStillsAgeSchoolLiteratureFictionCreativeTaughtHigh SchoolProseGrammarCreative WritingNon FictionSixteenProse And Poetry Author:Margaret Atwood
“I went to high school in Indianapolis I learned how to walk around looking tough because everybody had to do that. I go out there occasionally and they're still doing it, walking around looking very tough because something might happen.” StillsMightHappensSchoolWalksWalkingHigh SchoolToughIndianapolis Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.” YearsFirstsChildrenStillsAgeSchoolMillionsFourHeardHigh SchoolAverageFour YearsReceivingAssistanceDisadvantagesAdvantages And Disadvantages Author:Sal Albanese
“I was pretty lucky, I went to a really great school. I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.” PeopleStillsSchoolFeltStuffHellCreativeEnvironmentLuckyHigh SchoolWho I AmMatureReally GreatNurturingCliqueDorkGreat Schools Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I don't think we need a critic to negotiate with the audience. People say, "Who are you writing for?" I'm writing for myself but my audience is anybody who knows how to read. I think a story should engage anybody who knows how to read. And I hope that my stories do, maybe on a different level for more sophisticated readers than, say, a high school kid, but still a story has got to grab you. That's why we read it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldWritingStillsDifferentStoriesKidsSchoolLevelsAudienceKnow HowReaderHigh SchoolCriticsSophisticatedDifferent Levels Author:T.C. Boyle
“Going back to Baltimore is awesome because all my friends still live there and there's never a dull moment when you're hanging out with your high-school friends.” StillsMomentsSchoolHigh SchoolMy FriendsDullHanging OutBaltimoreSchool FriendsHigh School Friends Author:Jack Barakat
“A majority of students who come into community colleges are still stuck at high school level or remedial math. And when they take it in college, they still don't pass it. So the Carnegie Foundation got together and created two accelerated courses that focus on real-world applications of numbers like for health, for civics, for personal finance - concepts that you and I use every single day.” WorldStillsTwoRealUseSchoolTogetherCoursesCommunityLevelsNumbersFocusStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolConceptsFoundationMajorityMathStuckFinanceReal WorldApplicationCivicsPersonal FinanceCarnegieCommunity College Author:Anya Kamenetz
“I still remember discovering the classic rock station when I was in high school and being totally blown away by it.” StillsSchoolRememberRocksHigh SchoolClassicStationsDiscoveringBlown AwayClassic Rock Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“Elementary and high school students will still be tested under the new law. There just won't be so much riding on the scores. Also the arts didn't disappear under the old law, No Child Left Behind. But, Christopher Woodside of the National Association for Music Education says with so much time spent testing math and reading, the arts suffered.” ChildrenArtStillsSchoolLawReadingLeftBehindsStudentsHigh SchoolMathDisappearScoreAssociationRidingTestedTestingLeft BehindTime SpentMusic EducationHigh School StudentsNo Child Left Behind Author:Elizabeth Blair Lee
“When I was in - at Vassar, and I came from a public high school in New Jersey, there was - that class still existed. I think it's pretty much gone, but there was a way of talking that the private school girls had that was different than the way I talked from New Jersey.” ThinkingWayStillsDifferentSchoolGirlTalkingClassGoneHigh SchoolJerseyNew JerseyPrivate SchoolWay Of TalkingSchool Girl Author:Meryl Streep
“After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game.” StillsSchoolGamesCompanyCasesPlayerCollegeInvolvedHigh SchoolNbaComing OutKevinNikeAfter High SchoolLife After High School Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyGamesNew YorkMinesBrotherSmartBeatsHigh SchoolMy BrotherThis GuyCrushedBrooklynSmart KidBrooklyn New York Author:Maurice Ashley
“I was probably just graduating high school, maybe still in high school. When I was still in high school, maybe the last two years, I was rapping but I wasn't telling anybody. When I signed my deal people didn't know it was the same Ryan Montgomery from Oak Park High School, because I used to play basketball and I used to fight. Like I'd bring boxing gloves to school. So when they found out, it was, "You mean Ryan who be boxing?" or, "Ryan who be hopping up at the park?" So I was known as that guy.” PeopleKnowsYearsMeanStillsTwoPlaySchoolLastsUsedGuyFightingFoundDealsKnownBasketballHigh SchoolRapParksBoxingTwo YearsGraduatesThat GuyGlovesOaksMontgomeryGraduating High SchoolHoppingBoxing Gloves Author:Ryan Montgomery
“In high school you just kind of go with it, you belong to a sport and you're lettering and there is a very social part. With cycling, a lot of people will steer away because you can't letter, and lettering is still cool and it's very important for scholarships and other stuff.” PeopleKindStillsImportantSchoolSocialStuffSportsHigh SchoolLettersScholarshipSteersCycling Author:Kristin Armstrong
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.” PeopleKnowsWayLongStillsI CanRunningSchoolAbilityCareersTalentDangerousColorLong TimeHigh SchoolSkinsBallsThreatAfrican AmericanRunnersStereotypeQuarterback Author:Deshaun Watson
“The education of young people is narrowing. They cannot have the scope they used to have. They are being taught in high school by people earnest, still, but maybe less well-prepared than we would want them to be - but not because they are stupid or churlish.” PeopleWantWellsStillsSchoolYoungUsedStupidTaughtHigh SchoolPreparedEarnestScope Author:Frederick Busch
“André and I are still best of friends, always have been and always will be. When our 18-year-old son, Seven, started high school, we both agreed to be in the same city, so André is in Dallas all the time, and we're always all together doing something.” YearsHas BeensStillsSchoolTogetherCitiesSonHigh SchoolSevenDallas Author:Erykah Badu
“I'm talking a lot on financing in the Masterclass and I know what it means to because I had to finance my first films, all of them, and I earned my money as a welder in a steel factory doing night shifts while I was still in high school during the day.” KnowsFirstsMeanStillsSchoolFilmNightTalkingHigh SchoolFinanceFactoriesSteelFinancingNight Shift Author:Werner Herzog
“I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.” MeanStillsSchoolTeachingMonthsSixHigh SchoolCatholicQuittingSix MonthsFractionsCatholic School16th Birthday Author:George Carlin
“To go and accomplish a dream at 15, it doesn't feel like you have all that much to lose because you're in high school. You're being home schooled. You get to kind of go for it in a different way. Your parents are still in charge.” WayFeelsKindStillsDifferentHomeDreamSchoolParentLosesLike YouHigh SchoolAccomplishDifferent WaysSchooled Author:Emma Stone