Jonathan Kozol Quotes

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students.

Jonathan Kozol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 5, 1936

Topics

SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolThinkHigh

The bad guys always fight dirty, and the good guys always fight clean.

Jerry Della Femina

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I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.

John Grisham

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I grew up on a sugar plantation in Trinidad, on an expat estate, and that meant I had no idea about money until a lot later than most children.

Andrea McLean

ChildrenMoneySugarUpEstateIdea

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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And a lot of the artists and people that we hired were fans of Transformers growing up, so having so many fans working on my crew really kept me on point.

Michael Bay

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There was always music in my house when I was a kid. On Saturday mornings, my mother would clean house to 45s blaring out the songs of Neil Diamond, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin.

Steve Kazee

MotherMusicPinkSaturdayDoors

The first thing I heard when I got in the business - not from my mentor - was, 'Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.' I'm here to tell you I was a pig. And I strongly believe the only way to make long-term returns in our business that are superior is by being a pig.

Stanley Druckenmiller

BusinessMoneyBelieveYouPigWay

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

Spike Jonze

LifeEyesGreatPerspectiveHappy

I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he's feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.

Michelle Obama

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If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. But if you grew up in Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union is controlling everything and killing people, then you think capitalism is liberating. Neither of those two things are true and it doesn't take a lot brains to understand this.

Jose Padilha

PeopleCapitalismThinkYouTrueUp

I absolutely loved basketball. All I ever wanted to do was play basketball.

Brooke Sweat

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Growing up, the Opry was my Hollywood.

Ashley McBryde

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