In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
In 1968, America was a wounded nation. The wounds were moral ones; the Vietnam War and three summers of inner-city riots had… — Thurston Clarke Copy Share Image
Teaching high school in an inner-city school is not an easy task. Every teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. The amount of… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian,… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
“She did not want to be a cliché or hackneyed example of an inner-city girl. She wanted to battle against the forces… — Colleen Smith-Dennis Copy Share Image
Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get… — Lyor Cohen Copy Share Image
People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what, our inner cities are so, so bad right now. The danger, the crime, the lack of education, no… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
You go to some of these inner city places and it's so sad when you look at the crime. You have people… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I’m LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio, from the inner city. I’m not even supposed to be here. That’s enough. Every night I… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
Don't Shoot is a work of moral philosophy that reads like a crime novel - Immanuel Kant meets Joseph Wambaugh. It's a… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I am a black male who grew up in the inner city of Atlanta and no one ever followed me in a… — Allen West Copy Share Image
As much as politicians, any politicians, Democrat or Republican, are saying they're trying to help the schools, it's hard because our country… — Ansel Elgort Copy Share Image
If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
America has spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. And in our country we can't afford to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models… — Marla Gibbs Copy Share Image
We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I lived in lower-income neighborhoods in the inner city. Across the street were dark parts of the world. I've experienced the gamut,… — Kenna Copy Share Image
This [Barack Obama] administration has failed America's inner cities. Remember, it has failed America's inner cities. It's failed them on education. It's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When I moved into one of the worst inner-cities in America to do missionary work I had to do risk assessment, and… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
These new investments in cyber security and the modernization of our military will spur substantial new job creation in the private sector… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Since the industrial revolution, cities, and especially the inner cities, were the places for the newly arrived. Voluntary immigrants seeking economic betterment,… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
You see somebody like me, as young as I was at the time, driving around the inner city of Newark, and to… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
I need to conduct myself differently in different communities. In my experience, the journalistic conventions - you know, I'm the reporter, you're… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
One challenge is trying to extend access to more poorly served communities in rural areas and in the inner city. Sometimes you… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
![“This [Barack Obama] administration has failed America's inner cities. Remember, it has failed America's inner cities. It's failed them on education. It's failed them on jobs. It's failed them on crime. It's failed them in every way and on every single level. When I am president, I will work to…” quote by Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/donald-trump-18_administration_this-barack-obama-administration-has-fai_716188.jpg)
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