#las

Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful consequences of a year's wastage of so many lives. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#before #cannot #classroom #consequences #consider

I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one quarter had been published prior to the bombing of Hiroshima; 60 percent were either ten years old or older. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#been #bombing #books #check #classroom

I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people. ↗

— Verne Troyer

#graduating #grew #had #i #like

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#given #government #help #hidden #katrina

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

That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change. ↗

— Diana Krall

#because #change #feelings #just #kinds

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#freedom #independence #lasting #make #members

I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#class #considered #get #i #never

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

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