Jonathan Kozol Quotes
Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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Gentle day's flower - The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
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I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing.
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People who have never done theatre before, and have only worked in front of a camera, would find it very difficult, I think, to know how to command a stage and work with the logistics of being on stage. They're very different. The theatre is quite tricky, actually.
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Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is what we have permitted.
