"Most departments of education are set up largely to regulate schools and hold them in compliance. They don't really help schools. When a school is struggling with certain kids, they can't go to the state and say, "Can you help us with resources and training?" That should be their role."

-- Pedro Noguera

#Struggle Quotes #School Quotes #Kids Quotes

“I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.”

Source : "Bring on the clown" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2004.
“As the art world changes, artists have more and more responsibility. You don't have a lot of luxury to be super secluded.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In his wolf-skin he was as strong as any of them, but he was a gentle person in many ways. He'd feel so bad about failing he'd probably step aside for someone else without a fight.”

Source : Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.112, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“you can't be value free when it comes to marriage”
“Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the streets of science, collecting what I find.”
“I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame.”
“It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.”

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