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.Jonathan Kozol
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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.
J. K. Simmons -
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.
Jack Dangermond -
NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
Victor Ponta -
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid -
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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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.
Daniel Clowes -
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.
Dana Delany -
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
Salman Rushdie -
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.
Gail Carriger -
The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
Dana Brunetti -
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.
G. Edward Griffin
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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.
Okky Madasari -
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
Harold Prince -
It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
Camilla Luddington -
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.
Kate Winslet -
It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
Barry Bonds -
When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
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It's such a pleasurable experience to look back, and all of the fun I had just comes rushing back.
Jenna Elfman -
I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
Jill Abramson -
If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation of the reader for acts of gallantry and devotion in my country's cause, at least I may claim the merit of zealous and persevering continuance in my vocation. We are all of us variously gifted from Above, and he who is content to walk, instead of to run, on his allotted path through life, although he may not so rapidly attain the goal, has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival.
Frederick Marryat -
If somebody wants me to do something I've never done, I can do it more easily because of all of the years of sports I've played.
Ashton Eaton -
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.
Jonathan Kozol