Jonathan Kozol Quotes
Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.Jonathan Kozol
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
Larry Holmes -
A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
Nancy Reagan -
A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
Gary Cole -
You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
Beau Willimon -
I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
Wale -
It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
Rafael Nadal
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
J. D. Souther -
Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
Salman Rushdie -
I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Gary Weiss -
Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
Maajid Nawaz -
On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
Taylor Swift -
I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
Kate Winslet
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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
Nancy Reagan -
I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
Kapil Dev -
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
Walter Kirn -
I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
Zoe Saldana -
The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
Galen Rowell -
Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
Federica Mogherini
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I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything.
Benjamin Clementine -
It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.
Dennis Cardoza -
The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes. The adolescent offers nothing, can do nothing, say nothing that the adult cannot do better.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
Rachel Weisz -
You only get one album. You only get one single. You get one shot in music. But I have a million different dreams. Why can't I go out and try to achieve them all? Who are you to say I can't?
Lucy Hale -
Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.
Jonathan Kozol