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Boarding School Quotes

My dad owned a tiny little shop and we never had any family holidays or anything like that, so I was sent to boarding school as a means of control more than anything I think Picture Quote #1

I was sent to boarding school at the age of ten. I think Mummy was trying to protect me in her own way, trying to spare me living through the day-to-day reality of her illness Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls’ hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast Picture Quote #1

I didn’t play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books Picture Quote #1

I spent my entire childhood in the same town, in Kent. I went to grade school there. There was a boarding school that my mother taught at, called - appropriately enough - Kent School, that I went to. Yeah, pretty much my entire childhood was spent in that town Picture Quote #1

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At age 10 or 12 he’s going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton Picture Quote #1

Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one’s family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion Picture Quote #1

Boarding school is a wicked thing Picture Quote #1

I went to an all-girls boarding school for most of my youth Picture Quote #1

I went to boarding school at seven and cried and cried Picture Quote #1

Sheep. I’m stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep Picture Quote #1

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At boarding school there wasn’t much time for much of anything except education Picture Quote #1

A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste Picture Quote #1

I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood Picture Quote #1

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted Picture Quote #1

Boarding school didn’t feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money Picture Quote #1

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love Picture Quote #1

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Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training Picture Quote #1

My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology Picture Quote #1

High school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you’re there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified Picture Quote #1

The boarding school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown Picture Quote #1

You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you’ve made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who’s been sent away to boarding school can understand that Picture Quote #1

If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules Picture Quote #1

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I have a theory that if you’ve got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you’re probably better off at boarding school Picture Quote #1

I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up Picture Quote #1

I loved my boarding school, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I didn’t have a career Picture Quote #1

I was a boarding school product from the age of eight, and I hated it. Though I do have a theory that boarding school is good training for writers because its so desperately lacking in privacy: you make space for yourself by having an interior life Picture Quote #1

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn’t Brown or Smith or Hughes Picture Quote #1

At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice Picture Quote #1

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My dad owned a tiny little shop and we never had any family holidays or anything like that, so I was sent to boarding school as a means of control more than anything I think. (Boarding School Quotes) I was sent to boarding school at the age of ten. I think Mummy was trying to protect me in her own way, trying to spare me living through the day-to-day reality of her illness. (Boarding School Quotes) I wasn’t a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls’ hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast (Boarding School Quotes) I didn’t play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport (Boarding School Quotes) I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books (Boarding School Quotes) I spent my entire childhood in the same town, in Kent. I went to grade school there. There was a boarding school that my mother taught at, called - appropriately enough - Kent School, that I went to. Yeah, pretty much my entire childhood was spent in that town (Boarding School Quotes) At age 10 or 12 he’s going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton (Boarding School Quotes) Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one’s family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion (Boarding School Quotes) Boarding school is a wicked thing (Boarding School Quotes) I went to an all-girls boarding school for most of my youth (Boarding School Quotes) I went to boarding school at seven and cried and cried (Boarding School Quotes) Sheep. I’m stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep (Boarding School Quotes) At boarding school there wasn’t much time for much of anything except education (Boarding School Quotes) A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste (Boarding School Quotes) I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood (Boarding School Quotes) I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted (Boarding School Quotes) Boarding school didn’t feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money (Boarding School Quotes) I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love (Boarding School Quotes) Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training (Boarding School Quotes) My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology (Boarding School Quotes) High school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you’re there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified (Boarding School Quotes) The boarding school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown (Boarding School Quotes) You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you’ve made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who’s been sent away to boarding school can understand that (Boarding School Quotes) If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules (Boarding School Quotes) I have a theory that if you’ve got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you’re probably better off at boarding school (Boarding School Quotes) I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up (Boarding School Quotes) I loved my boarding school, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I didn’t have a career (Boarding School Quotes) I was a boarding school product from the age of eight, and I hated it. Though I do have a theory that boarding school is good training for writers because its so desperately lacking in privacy: you make space for yourself by having an interior life (Boarding School Quotes) At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn’t Brown or Smith or Hughes (Boarding School Quotes) At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice (Boarding School Quotes)

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