“Being on TV brings a sort of attention in high school that can be negative sometimes. People, immediately they're going to have that in their back pocket. If they don't like you, they're going to be able to pull that out and throw it in your face.” PeopleIfsSometimesAbleSchoolFacesAttentionTvsLike YouHigh SchoolNegativePocketsYour Face Author:Charlotte Arnold
“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
“I've been singing my whole life. I'd randomly sing in the hallways at high school, and all my friends would be like, 'You should sing on 'Canadian Idol'!" It definitely gassed me!” ShouldWholeWould BeSchoolLike YouSingingHigh SchoolMy FriendsWhole LifeIdolsHallways Author:The Weeknd
“It was just a little weird coming into the seventh season (of 'Gilmore Girls'), where everyone is already set in their ways and their dynamics, and you sort of feel like you're coming into a party late. So I was just, like, 'Ugh! How do I make friends?' It's like high school dynamics!” WayFeelsLittlesSchoolGirlPartyLike YouLateHigh SchoolSeasonsDynamicsUghGilmore Girls Author:Krysten Ritter
“I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and SNL and all that stuff really informed me as a writer and then at high school I started a satire magazine and the college like The Lampoon really introduced me to like you know a lot of very like-minded people who really wanted to like comedy was the center of their lives.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveI CanWantedSchoolRememberReadingStuffCan DoComedyCollegeLike YouHigh SchoolFirst TimeMagazinesSatireBrooksDaveBelieve You CanPythonSnlMonty Author:Nicholas Stoller
“The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.” ShouldSchoolYoungGuyVoiceNiceLike YouOne DaySingingHigh SchoolSingersHonestly Author:Victoria Legrand
“I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsSaidSeemsSchoolTalkingLike YouListeningHigh SchoolGladLoudGuidanceAnnoyingShut UpCounselorOpinionatedGuidance Counselor Author:Jessica Valenti
“[Kurt] Vonnegut once said, if you ever want to know who somebody is... Like you look at Richard Nixon, or Adolf Hitler, or Ralph Nader, or anybody who seems like a difficult person to understand, and is therefore not part of the pattern of human behavior. Think about who they were in high school, and they will explain themselves to you. So we got a hold of, like, 50 high-school yearbooks, including my mom's from 1925 or something, and we discovered that they're all the same.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantHumansLooksPersonsSaidSeemsSchoolDifficultLike YouMomBehaviorHigh SchoolIncludingPatternsMy MomHuman BehaviorYearbookHigh School Yearbook Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“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