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By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any

By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. – Jonathan Kozol

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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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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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Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didnt have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. – Michael Chertoff

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Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature. – Phyllis Schlafly

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I simply dont believe in failure. In itself, it doesnt exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail. – Alice Foote MacDougall

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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. – George Edward Woodberry

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