"Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of lives. If, on the other hand, we have the courage to rise to this challenge to name what's happening within our inner-city schools, then we also need the courage to be activist and go out and fight like hell to change it."

-- Jonathan Kozol

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #School Quotes

“Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.”
“Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul”

Source : Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
“I get good vibes from people. There is a thread of DNA that runs from the days that I was a young teenager to these days. It feels good to go back there.”
“Time is just an illusion. What you need is to live this very moment. That is all that matters.”
“You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone”

Source : "Dean And Britta's Dean Wareham". Interview with Maggie Serote, www.avclub.com. June 4, 2009.
“If there's a poster boy for the fact that all essays are written through personae, it's CrÃ¨vecoeur.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there”
“I love being outdoors, water sports, hiking - really, anything that keeps me moving!”

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