“I live in LA so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent, so I can deal with that.” WantTryingYearsHomeKidsSchoolThreeSpeakWorryFourConnectedBritishBritainComing HomeGet BackAccents Author:Kevin McKidd
“All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.” WantSchoolLaughingPubsTime OffHave A LaughSchool Friends Author:Samantha Mumba
“The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh. I think there's an element of that in there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsSchoolLaughingElementsHarderCuteRelyShyHanging OutMaking People Laugh Author:Kaitlin Olson
“It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantKindDoeHomeKidsSchoolUsedNamesNiceShopsBad ThingsBe KindKnow Me Author:Terry O'Quinn
“The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a question of need.” ThinkingWantNeedsSchoolTeacherSubjectsConsumersShopsGoods Author:Daniel Pennac
“Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.” PeopleWantKindHardSchoolLevelsFindingsAthleteWho I AmLike Me Author:Sally Pearson
“My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore.” WantFeelsStillsDoneSchoolUsedLeftUnderstandingMy FriendsWork OutGradesHanging OutGymNailsMallsLeft OutSixth GradeSchool FriendsNails Done Author:Aly Raisman
“I really want to go back to school and finish up my sociology degree.” WantSchoolDegreesSociologyGoing Back To School Author:Alicia Sacramone
“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.” WantSaidSchoolClassClubsPhysicsEngineeringScrewsPlaying Music Author:Huey Lewis
“I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.” WantYearsSchoolPastReturnTerribleHigh SchoolPantsAcneHairdos Author:Joe Scarborough
“I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.” ThinkingWantSchoolWatchesHigh SchoolEconomist Author:Thomas J. Sargent
“Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that was what I want to do more than anything else.” WantHeartSchoolMy HeartProductions Author:Zoe Tapper
“The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.” WantWellsChildrenWould BeRunningKidsSchoolLastsMiddleDadFinishedHeyMy ChildrenUpsetWeekendPacksEmbarrassedFifthYour Dad Author:Dan Wheldon
“You don't go to school to become the best chef in the world right after you graduate. School is always a starting point so what people forget is that you go to school to build a foundation, and you want to build a foundation that's not going to crumble.” PeopleWorldWantSchoolForgetFoundationStartingGraduatesChefStarting PointGraduate School Author:Roy Yamaguchi
“I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it.” IfsWantSchool Author:RJ Mitte
“I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.” WantSchoolFilmActingFilmmakingFilm School Author:Art Alexakis
“I'm going to continue working as a model. I want to do it all! And I think it's possible to keep working while you go to school. Christy Turlington did it. Natalie Portman did it. Emma Watson just did it! And those are just women in the public eye, but plenty of others do it, too. You know, women around the world are great at multitasking. We do it well.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantWellsEyeSchoolModelsAround The WorldPlentyWatsonEmmaPublic EyeMultitasking Author:Karlie Kloss
“School is learning things you don't want to know, surrounded by people you wish you didn't know, while working toward a future you don't know will ever come.” PeopleKnowsWantSchoolWishWish You Author:Dave Kellett
“Sometimes people come out of school right now and they immediately want a job doing something. And there's nothing wrong with just listening and learning and watching.” PeopleWantSometimesSchoolJobsListeningRight NowJust Listen Author:Alexandra Kotur
“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“Yale Law School was the kind of place you went if you felt you needed to go to law school, maybe, for your resume, but you really didn't want to practice law. You wanted to do public policy, or maybe go into politics.” IfsWantKindWantedSchoolLawFeltPracticePolicyNeededResumesPublic PolicyLaw SchoolYale Author:Robert Reich
“I remember being asked when I was in high school what do I want to do when I grow up and the answer is so indicative - I would like to have been a successful playwright.” WantHas BeensSchoolRememberGrowsAnswersGrowing UpSuccessfulHigh SchoolPlaywright Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.” WantSchoolPayRaceCriticismBlindFaultsSlaveMereAncientObedienceMeritGreeceBigotsBlind Obedience Book:Poems Source: Poems
“With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure parents have some peace of mind when they send their children off to school in the morning, .. Since children are particularly vulnerable to foodborne illness, schools must be vigilant in their efforts to ensure that cafeterias are not putting children at risk. These changes in law will support parents who want to work with school principals and food-service directors to ensure a safe environment.” WantMindBelieveChildrenStatesGovernmentSchoolLawI BelieveParentUnitedEffortMorningMillionsUnited StatesSupportEnvironmentRiskDirectorsSafeEatingIllnessObligationVulnerablePeace Of MindLunchPrincipalIn-lawsVigilantCafeteriaSafe EnvironmentFood ServiceSchool PrincipalEating Lunch Author:Rosa DeLauro
“I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.” WantRunningSchoolJobsThreeParentDecidedPursue Author:Lady Gaga
“There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child.” IfsWantNeedsChildrenSchoolCitiesTeachFailingConsequenceTitlesInner City Author:Karl Rove
“To receive a 10-point ride is a blessing in itself, but to have it honored by giving to those who could use a little support to accomplish the things they want to do in life is a bigger blessing. The school is something I believe hugely in. They provide a special place for kids to understand things that many people avoid or never learn to deal with their whole lives.” PeopleWantGivingBelieveLittlesWholeUseKidsSchoolLife IsI BelieveDealsSupportSpecialBlessingBiggerAccomplishWhole LifeHonoredSpecial Places Author:Kelly Slater
“Each situation has to be handled as a unique situation. But I think if you want your guys to stay in school and graduate and one of these opportunities comes along, you have to be willing to work with him, you have to give a little.” IfsThinkingWantGivingLittlesSchoolGuyOpportunitySituationWillingUniqueGraduatesUniquenessStay In School Author:Charlie Weis
“That's the fun part of it all. You get creative when you're in Little League. You're creative when you're in middle school. You're creative in high school and college. And then when you get to the league, this position, the more mobile quarterbacks, we have a tendency to want to become traditional and nervous and panicky in how we want to call plays and put guys in position to make plays.” WantLittlesPlaySchoolGuyFunCreativityCreativeMiddlePositionCollegeHigh SchoolTraditionalTendenciesNervousLeagueMobileQuarterbackMiddle SchoolLittle League Author:Kordell Stewart
“I'd come home from school alone with those teenage blues and I'd put on Frank Sinatra's It was a very good year. Here was this mature man singing about the cycle of his life, and as a kid I felt the emotions of it already. It has since been a touchstone for me whenever I want to experiment musically.” MenWantInspirationalYearsHomeKidsSchoolFeltEmotionSingingVery GoodExperimentsCyclesMatureComing HomeFrankTeenageTouchstonesGood Years Author:Iggy Pop
“I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansKidsSchoolHuman BeingsSupportRightsObligationSierraBasic RightsSierra Leone Author:Ishmael Beah
“Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream... Well, wouldn't it be nice to hear a little more about the forgotten heroes of America - those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street; the faithfuls who support our churches, synagogues, schools, and communities; the brave men and women everywhere who produce our goods, feed a hungry world, and keep our families warm while they invest in the future to build a better America? That's where miracles are made, not in Washington, D.C.” MenWorldWantWellsLittlesMadeDreamSchoolJobsAmericaOpportunityCommunityChurchSupportPiecesNiceStreetsProduceHeroMen And WomenMiracleBraveForgottenWarmStoresHungryFaithfulOur FamilyOwnersGoodsAmerican DreamBeing NiceSmall BusinessBrave ManNew JobGatewaysSynagogueContribution To SocietySchools And Community Author:Ronald Reagan
“Iran wants the money. And I don't believe they want it for roads or hospitals or schools, I believe they want it for more terror.” WantBelieveSchoolI BelieveDon't BelieveTerrorIranHospitals Author:John Barrasso
“My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing.” IfsKnowsWantGivingYearsLooksSaidHelpingSchoolJobsGuyActorsParentKnow HowDadFairsMy DadConservativeLovelyGreat ParentsShopkeepers Author:John Kapelos
“For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage.” WantReasonSchoolEasyOur LivesAmbitionTrainingFairsManagementPopulationEndlessManageDomainFoulEvery SecondExpendituresManagement Systems Author:John Taylor Gatto
“[My mom] is quite the strict editor. I feel like maybe she has more of the old-school editing style, which really works in picture books, because you don't want to articulate anything in words that is already shown through the pictures.” WantFeelsBookSchoolStyleMomMy MomEditorsEditingStrictOld SchoolPicture Books Author:Jenna Bush
“I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to my self.” WantSelfSchoolIndividuality Author:Edouard Vuillard
“It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think that it's important that people of different backgrounds and different faiths go to school together and many faith schools do that.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantDifferentCountryStatesSchoolTogetherBackgroundsGood EducationDifferent BackgroundsDifferent FaithsSlag Author:Ed Miliband
“The main purpose of advertising is to undermine markets. If you go to graduate school and you take a course in economics, you learn that markets are systems in which informed consumers make rational choices. That's what's so wonderful about it. But that's the last thing that the state corporate system wants. It is spending huge sums to prevent that.” IfsWantStatesSchoolLastsPurposeChoicesCoursesWonderfulHugeEconomicsSpendingRationalAdvertisingConsumersCorporateGraduatesGraduate School Author:Noam Chomsky
“I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're reading it you're like, "Oh, I get to dive out a window? Cool! I get to jump off a building? Great!" So I love doing that stuff, it's like the stuff we used to do in high school to be stupid and fun.” WantKindReasonWholeSchoolUsedReadingFunStuffStupidBuildingHigh SchoolWindow Author:Channing Tatum
“Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.” PeopleWantBookStatesInspirationKidsSchoolTreeStreetsQuietPolitePublic SchoolBackyardsSpiritedMinnesotaThaiJackpotThai Food Author:Garrison Keillor
“You know, I don't think a lot about why one book connects with its readers and another doesn't. Probably because I don't want to start thinking, "Am I popular?" I spent way too much time thinking about that in high school.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantBookSchoolToo MuchReaderHigh School Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Pessimists are just as illogical as optimists; insomuch as both envisage the aims of mankind as unified, and as having a direct relationship (either of frustration or of fulfilment) to the inevitable flow of terrestrial motivation and events. That is - both schools retain in a vestigial way the primitive concept of a conscious teleology - of a cosmos which gives a damn one way or the other about the especial wants and ultimate welfare of mosquitos, rats, lice, dogs, men, horses, pterodactyls, trees, fungi, dodos, or other forms of biological energy.” MenWayWantGivingSchoolFormMotivationEnergyTreeMankindDogEventsConsciousConceptsFlowDirectUltimateHorseAimOne WayInevitableWelfareDamnFrustrationCosmosPrimitiveRatsOptimistPessimistUnifiedFulfilmentIllogicalFungiLice Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to be at least paint as I wanted to and say what I wanted to when I painted as that seemed to be the only thing I could do that didn't concern anybody but myself. I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say in any other way things that I had no words for.” WayWantWantedSchoolFoundStupidTaughtPaintingFoolShapesConcernDecidedPaintPainterColourVery Stupid Author:Georgia O'Keeffe
“if I hadn't gone to a private Christian school, I'd never have built up enough animosity to want to have started a band. And now that I have one, the fact that they are giving me such resistance and publicity, they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to have become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced me the most.” IfsWayWantGivingMadeEnoughFactsWantedSchoolChristianGoneStrangeBandBuiltBiggerResistancePublicityAnimosityChristian Schools Author:Marilyn Manson
“People always slow down for a train wreck. It's like junk food. If you don't feel good about yourself, you want to read crap about other people, like gossip in high school. You don't understand why it's there, but somehow it makes a lot of people feel better.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsSchoolHigh SchoolTrainFeel GoodGossipAbout YourselfFeel BetterCrapSlow DownJunkWrecksJunk FoodTrain Wrecks Author:Angelina Jolie
“The better class of Briton likes to send his children away to school until they're old and intelligent enough to come home again. Then they're too old and intelligent to want to.” WantChildrenEnoughHomeSchoolClassIntelligentLikesComing HomeBritons Book:Rates of Exchange Source: Rates of Exchange
“When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.” WantRealRunningSchoolYoungActorsBehindsSceneStudiosYoung WomenBehind The ScenesReal ChangeBusiness School Author:Halle Berry
“David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have.” WantShouldEndsMatterSchoolBornJusticeViewsDoctorsUniversityPrivilegeTiesInterviewsBritainWhat MattersQualificationsOld SchoolOxfordTurned DownLauraScandalousOxford University Author:Gordon Brown