"I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if I can empower teachers and good citizens to give these children, who are the poorest of the poor, the same opportunity we give our own kids, then I'll feel my life has been worth it."

-- Jonathan Kozol

#Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes #Book Quotes

“I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne, “I Meant To Do My Work To-Day”
“The most challenging thing is how to portray someone that is so well known that people still recall him in a very precise way.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Without volunteers, we'd be a nation without a soul.”
“Jeffrey Deitch is the Jeff Koons of art dealers. Not because he's the biggest, best, or the richest of his kind. But because in some ways he's the weirdest (which is saying a lot when you're talking about the wonderful, wicked, lovable, and annoying creatures known as art dealers).”
“When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.”

Source : "Randy Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2011.
“May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.”
“Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. For me, that counts tenfold in the world of music!”

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