Jonathan Kozol Quotes
Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the one which could elect him.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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What is Oracle? A bunch of people. And all of our products were just ideas in the heads of those people - ideas that people typed into a computer, tested, and that turned out to be the best idea for a database or for a programming language.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.
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Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to read at least a year before I showed up at school. They got me interested in writing. Started my first novel at about eight. The title: 'The Canals of Mars.'
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At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.
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William Kittredge's 'Hole in the Sky' is one of my favorite books. Ian Frazier's 'Family' I adore.
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I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it.
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Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.
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Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the one which could elect him.
