Quote by Jonathan Kozol
A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported

A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my experience supports this, yet the phrase has been repeated endlessly, and the blame in almost all cases is placed somewhere outside the classroom. – Jonathan Kozol

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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. – Jonathan Kozol

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Government
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When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement. – Jonathan Kozol

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Freedom
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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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Money
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Experience
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When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely. – Jane Smiley

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Experience

Ive been looking to do TV for a while. Ive always done guest starring stuff. Ive done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and Ive always loved the experience. – Christina Ricci

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Experience

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. – Franklin P. Jones

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Experience

I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. – Harriet Tubman

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Experience

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I dont believe in fad diets. – Jenny Craig

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I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldnt give my lyrics, and its all wrong in the book, and I giggle. Its funny. – Jonathan Davis

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funny

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I cant control. – Lynda Barry

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If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. – William Shakespeare

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