#ears

The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#adult #basic #children #even #fifteen

Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#be true #been #contempt #deal #demoralized

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know who has ever taken a risk and lost a job has ended up getting a better one two years later. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#believe #better #dangerous #ended #ever

For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#booed #couple #court #first #i

It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought Ray Brown to hear me sing at a restaurant in my hometown. ↗

— Diana Krall

#brought #brown #drummer #hamilton #hear

On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#buy #dependable #gratification #hand #heart

I got that experience through dating dozens of men for six years after college, getting an entry level magazine job at 21, working in the fiction department at Good Housekeeping and then working as a fashion editor there as well as writing many articles for the magazine. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#articles #college #dating #department #dozens

I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than nonfiction. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#actually #because #before #creative #did

It can't possibly last for years and browsing has its limits. Only a certain amount is healthy or wise. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#certain #healthy #last #limits #only

For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this stuff up. ↗

— Paul Krassner

#caught #finally #heels #i #make