Rory BremnerTeacher My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift. – Rory Bremner Derek Quotes French Quotes Impression Quotes Public Quotes Swift Quotes Teacher Quotes I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me when I was a very young child. The first school I attended was a small building that went from first to sixth grade. There was one teacher for all of the students. There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages. I chose to be a maths teacher because I thought the marking would be easy. You’d just tick and cross, whereas if you’re an English teacher, you’ve got to read essays. Then they said I had to analyse the methodology. It takes an eternity, it’s insane!
Alycia Debnam-Carey It’s funny because TV wasn’t something that I wanted to do. I wanted to do movies. I’d said a lot of no’s to a lot of shows previously because I couldn’t fathom being on a show for such a long time and only doing one thing. – Alycia Debnam-Carey
Samuel Witwer I’ve been in situations where, in the midst of really hardcore events in my life, I made some ridiculous off-color joke that was in horrible taste, but made people laugh. – Samuel Witwer
AgeAlan Kay I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me. – Alan Kay
Patrick deWitt I’ve always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I’m obsessed with it. – Patrick deWitt
Isa Guha There isn’t a traditional background of Asian women playing sport, but that’s changing. – Isa Guha
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