#years

The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West. ↗

— John Keegan

#about #brought #century #compared #dates

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#behind #between #child #denies #educational

The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education. ↗

— Barnaby C. Keeney

#anything #college #education #even #few

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. ↗

— Helen Keller

#lived #miles #potent #smell #thousands

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing. ↗

— Patsy Kelly

#could #everything #i #me #nothing

For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun. ↗

— Gary Kemp

#ballet #band #being #day #did

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark. ↗

— Felicity Kendal

#dark #get #girl-next-door #i #image

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late. ↗

— Betty Ford

#always #been #children #eighteen #feeling

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#first #i #medal #nine #old

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio. ↗

— George Thorogood

#classic rock #lasted #only #radio #reason