Jonathan Kozol Quotes

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.

Jonathan Kozol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater.

Robert Lepage

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Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

Aneurin Barnard

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You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what.

Amanda Lindhout

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What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else.

Trent Reznor

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I don't write for any particular kind of person.

Mary Wesley

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I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in from four to four hundred years.

Marvin Minsky

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Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'.

Michael Palin

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From the time I was very young, maybe five or six, I thought a lot about being an actress. I didn't tell my friends about my ambitions, though, especially when I got older, because I thought they would not receive them well. I never talked about what I wanted to do.

Louise Fletcher

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I was a musical theatre kid, which meant you could always find me singing or dancing in the halls with at least four other people.

Josie Loren

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First of all, when I was making the decision, I never thought that Pittsburgh fans would want me back. Every time I played there, they were booing me every time I touched the puck. I didn't think it would be such a big deal that I didn't sign with Pittsburgh.

Jaromir Jagr

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My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.

Deontay Wilder

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I love filming in London. In New York, every street is familiar because you have seen it in a movie. They mythologise their own city. You're forever trying to get down streets that have been blocked off because of shooting. In London, they don't put up with it; they're grumpy.

Douglas Hodge

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