Quotes of: Des-moines Keyword

My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.

Jonathan Kozol

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Jonathan Kozol

Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible.

Jill Lepore

Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.

Jane Bryant Quinn

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

Eric Alterman

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

Henry Knox

I have this disease that if I feel good somewhere, I... buy a house.

Christian Louboutin

Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet.

Christian Louboutin

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Rose George

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

Sam Levenson

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

Logan Pearsall Smith

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.

Donatella Versace

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

Donatella Versace

At that time of the supermodels, celebrities didn't want to be in fashion; they thought they were more intellectual and interesting than anyone in fashion.

Donatella Versace

My games are rather stressful games, where you have to play for a long time.

Hideo Kojima

There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

John Henrik Clarke

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty.

Juan Cole

You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.

Johan Huizinga

Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.

John Hodgman

I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.

Kevin Mitnick