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But for the children of the poorest people were stripping the curr

But for the children of the poorest people were stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. Were not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child. – Jonathan Kozol

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During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. – Jonathan Kozol

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Education
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At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book. – Jonathan Kozol

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amazing
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The inequalities are greater now than in 92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the equal level very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately. – Jonathan Kozol

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Im quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense Ive got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I dont really have to do much else. – Ellie Goulding

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Honestly, I dont listen to nobody elses music but my own. Its kind of like sports to me. You dont see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game – he just works on his own game. And thats what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things. – Lil Wayne

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Music

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. – Sarah McLachlan

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Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony. – Cat Stevens

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Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. – Lucretius

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As an avid photographer, I also took advantage of the latest technology in photography – digital photography – to post photos on my website on a daily basis. – Tipper Gore

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Ill promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. Theyre too much fun. – Babe Ruth

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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson

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