Jonathan Kozol Quotes
By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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My health is fine.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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Representation is so important because it's hard for kids to want to be what they can't see. Little girls and boys need to know that it's natural for girls to love science and tech.
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My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.
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My degree in theology was an important part of my formation.
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By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.
