“My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.” SchoolGirlChildhoodComfortableSecureNightmareOther GirlGiraffe Author:Brigitte Nielsen
“My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.” TwoSchoolHouseFeltRichDadHigh SchoolMy DadSecureParksBedroomBathsPrintingSalesmanMinnesota Author:Al Franken
“To-day a democrat of the old school would demand, not freedom for the press, but freedom from the press; but mean-time the leaders have changed themselves into parvenus who have to secure their position vis-a-vis the masses.” MeanSchoolLeaderPositionChangedDemandMassPressesDemocratSecureOld School Author:Oswald Spengler
“And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. Better so! All pains the immortal spirit must endure, All weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow, Find their sole speech in that victorious brow.” KnowsSelfSchoolEarthPainSpiritStarsGriefSpeechWeaknessEndureSecureImmortalHonourBowsSoleBrowsSunbeams Book:Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold Source: Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold