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James S. Coleman Quotes

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

James S. Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 12, 1926 - March 25, 1995

Topics

Achievement Student Class Students

When you see the way some people write women, especially in studio movies, it's like, 'Sorry! Sorry for being alive!' Women are so apologetic.

Jessica Williams

Women People Sorry You Alive Movies

I practically lived in the woods when I was a kid, avoiding grown-ups and my dysfunctional family, pretending I was half-wolf, a feral child who napped in nests made out of ferns, ate wild blueberries, and wove sticks and feathers into her hair.

Jennifer McMahon

Family Child Hair Woods Feathers

The Food Network and the Cooking Channel have so many viewers. And, because there's no violence, some of that audience is children. So, I think we have a responsibility to educate parents how to produce healthy meals for their families.

Children Food Responsibility Cooking

Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.

Time Focus I Am Help Sometimes Poor

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

Yourself You Sometimes Difficult

I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up in Queens and in Brooklyn, and we - really, it's more southern. It's Naples and Sicily. It's heavier. It's over-spiced. And like most Americans, I thought spaghetti and meatballs was genius.

Husband Think Thought Genius You Up

Lists have always implied social order.

Always Order Social Lists Implied

We don't need more bullying, and I'm tired of it.

Bullying Tired More Need

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

Death People Go Want Living Never

Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.

Silence Minds Nation Pity Speaking

I got his initials tattooed on the back of my neck, you know, since we both now have the same initials.

You Back Know Now Same Neck

People are beginning to understand there is nothing in the world so remote that it can't impact you as a person. It's not just diseases. Economists are now beginning to say if we are going to have good markets in Africa, we're going to have to have healthy people in Africa.

Good Beginning People World Impact

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