Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.
In high school, I began to dig my way into Ethiopian history, and began to understand myself as a young man formed by multiple narratives.
My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.
Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.
My dad is quite possibly the biggest Giants fan in the world. I believe he wore a Phil Simms jersey to my high school and college graduations.
When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.
Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher.
I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.
College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.
I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
I wish that I wasn't such an odd mixture. I wish I was serious, but I do love high heels and romantic comedies: being in them and watching them.
You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.
I love 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' That was like the only black book we read in high school.
It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.
