"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

#United States Quotes #Alive Quotes #Progressive Quotes

“Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.”
“Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.”
“Life's gonna give me another set. I know it will.”
“Gather the roses of life today.”
“Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.”
“I just felt like I had run out of steam. I just felt like it was my time.”
“Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”
“My life has been transformed by great teachers all the way...”

Source : "Jeff Goldblum Makes the Grade as "Seminar's" New Writing Coach". Interview with Robert Kahn, www.nbcnewyork.com. April 27, 2012.

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