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It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#children #commonplace #contain #each #higher

President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#been #believe #better #changes #children

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

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#evil #go #hospitals #know #segregation

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#best #energy #here #improve #miserable

Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#court #good #much #presence

Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#different #every #every night #going #i

I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#concerts #different #driving #following #go

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#accustomed #actually #asleep #cannon #circumstances

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#after #apart #arm #barrels #behind