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I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed chari

I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. Its blasphemy. – Jonathan Kozol

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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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Failure
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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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Future
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Other Quotes from
Christmas
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A lot of sequins for New Years! Red, green, white – I fail at all of that because Im always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. – Ashley Benson

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Christmas

Its hard and sometimes its scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me. – Luke Perry

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Christmas

In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year. – Keith Thibodeaux

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Christmas

Now Im an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. – Orson Welles

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Christmas

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The thing is, when I had my first success it did coincide with the end of my first marriage, and because I went on to have a very, very unhappy two years, I dont think I equate career success with personal happiness. – Rob Brydon

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Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way its supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big dog come up with a little cask of brandy round its neck. – Claud Cockburn

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What I’m looking for is a blessing that’s not in disguise. – Kitty O’Neill Collins

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. – George Washington

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