Jonathan Kozol Quotes

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

Jonathan Kozol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleCollegeAmericaTrueStrange

I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

Jill Scott

ManMeColorStandGrandmotherLeft

I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.

Joan Hickson

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Music was my passion, and I started out as a singer. It's just natural to me to keep pursuing my music career.

Jessica Jung

MusicPassionMeCareerOutSinger

Kanan is a big road through the Santa Monica Mountains. Between mid-March and mid-April, when you get over to the western side of the mountains, it's populated by Spanish broom - this beautiful, yellow, flowering weed that smells the way I imagine it smells along the Yellow Brick Road.

John C. McGinley

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Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Anna Seward

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When I played at Minnesota, Green Bay, those northern cities, Buffalo, they wanted to have those championship games at home. It was going to be an advantage to be there with their fans and the cold weather and all that. But when you've got a Super Bowl, and it's the two best teams, you want ideal conditions. You want to play a great game.

Tony Dungy

HomeGreatBestGreenWeatherGame

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

Mickey Mantle

CareYouWhoHearThoseBoos

Undoubtedly, the most important thing to remember is your time is not your own. Yes, we live in a time when people believe that you can and you should do exactly what you want, but all time belongs to God. So make sure your time is first dedicated to getting His work accomplished.

Monica Johnson

WorkLiveGodTimePeopleBelieve

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.

Jason Silva

PlanUnexpectedYouCircumstances

My father fought in World War II at the Battle of the Bulge.

Chuck Norris

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The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you.

Brian Tyree Henry

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I feel a distaste for hunting, first because of a kind of Buddhist respect for the unity and sacredness of all life, and also because the pursuit of a hare or chamois strikes me as a kind of 'escape of energy,' that is, the expenditure of our effort in an illusory end, one devoid of profit.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

LifeRespectEffortMeUnityEnergy

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