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Quote by Jonathan Kozol
Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are,

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nations competitive needs. – Jonathan Kozol

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If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that theres no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream. – Jonathan Kozol

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Society
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Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States. – 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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Future
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Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. – Denis Waitley

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Future

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like. – Michelangelo Antonioni

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Future

If we wish our states growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce. – Jay Weatherill

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Future

Im sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Future

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Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust. – Greg Kinnear

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Trust

Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

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Death

Boxing is dangerous, but at least it hits the right people. – Gerhard Kocher

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Sports :: Boxing

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill ones landlady. – Albert Camus

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famous