Jonathan Kozol Quotes
The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.Jonathan Kozol
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
Rachel Kushner -
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
Sam Shepard -
What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
Octavia Spencer -
I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
Inge de Bruijn -
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
Rahul Dravid
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman -
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
Vance Havner -
Speed can't always get you wickets.
Kapil Dev -
Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
Wadah Khanfar -
This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
Gail Sheehy -
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
Barton Gellman
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
Safra A. Catz -
In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.
Laura Bush -
I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
Najib Mikati -
I didn't have many friends; I might not have had any friends. But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren't popular and you don't have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.
Zoe Foster Blake -
No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
Venus Williams
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I grew up in a conservative New England town and showed up to my middle school orientation dressed like 'Clueless' while everyone else was wearing J. Crew and lacrosse uniforms. I never really fit into that preppy look.
Emily Weiss -
From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
E. L. Doctorow -
It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm.
Charles Jencks -
In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.
Amish Tripathi -
No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.
Bong Joon-ho -
The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.
Jonathan Kozol