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James S. Coleman Quotes

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.

James S. Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Child Opportunities Successful Social

I've a Scottish estate and places in Leeds, Bournemouth, Scarborough, Regent's Park. I'm at home in them all.

Home Places Park Estate Scottish

The key to saving the Amazon and the rest of the world's great rainforests is actually very simple: just put a fair price on the role they play in providing a quarter of the world's oxygen, a fifth of fresh water, and 60 percent of its species.

Great Water Simple World Rest Key

The way certain men treat women is influenced by the Internet a lot.

Jennifer Saunders

Women Men Treat Internet Way Lot

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

Pink You Say Like Brush Pink Floyd

I have been one of the guys who have been skeptical of global warming from the beginning. The jury is obviously still out on it. We see nothing but conflicting reports from across the globe. I'm not sure; I'm not a scientist.

Beginning Nothing Global Warming See

You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power.

Power Rich You Tax Labour Very

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

Life Day My Life Every Day I Can

You can't grow if you're going to say: 'The contributions of my predecessors are greater than anything I can ever achieve.' Each generation has to have a chance to find itself.

Christian Scott

Chance Generation Grow You Find Say

It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.

Christie Hefner

Me Someone See Come Unusual Senate

If the question is, 'Do I wish I made thirty million dollars a year,' the answer is, 'You bet.' If the question is, 'Do I wish I could write like Tom Clancy,' the answer must remain, 'No.'

Christopher Buckley

Wish Year You Thirty Write Question

I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.

Business Trying You Kind Mean Force

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

Life Music You Buildings Kind More

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