Jonathan Kozol Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I'm not graceful.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.
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As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.
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Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.
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I recommend the students that you should work actively at the Hermitage and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even Chardin, where he is an artist. Study very closely their dabbing manner of execution and try to copy a small piece of canvas, just one square inch.
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I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.
