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If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#apart #back #been #bring #bronx

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#big #big enough #enough #matter #pick

A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my experience supports this, yet the phrase has been repeated endlessly, and the blame in almost all cases is placed somewhere outside the classroom. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#almost #been #blame #cases #children

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less. ↗

— Robert Trout

#doing #fear #less #little #more

I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#come and go #critical #emerged #energy #go

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#blessings #children #competitive #deficits #future

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#homelessness #housing #lack

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

Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#contrasting #fun #most #styles #watch

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#desire #i #most #offered #play