During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
On Mondays and Fridays in early May, nearly 18,000 children-the equivalent of all the elementary students in suburban Glencoe, Wilmette, Glenview, Kenilworth,… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Sometimes I park in handicap spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces. — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Then Park reached up and wrapped one of her red curls around his honey finger. "Back to missing you," he said, letting… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
In the park I met other women and I started to get interested in their lives. I developed a lot of pressure… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks;… — Larry Gatlin Copy Share Image
“We take too much of our heritage for granted. Harriman State Park is not Mt. Vernon. Nor is it Yosemite. But heritage… — Mary E. Reed Copy Share Image
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued reams of playground regulations and actually gone so far as to recommend against "tripping hazards,… — Lenore Skenazy Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks wasn't the first one to rebel against the segregated seats. I was the first one. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
Right now, when it comes to making an album, we really want to give our fans just Linkin Park. We don't want… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose. — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
I have five kids from three marriages. I come from a trailer park. My sister and brother are both gay. I have… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
He was skinning a bear. I was terrified at first, because the corpse resembled a naked man quartered between two trees. He'd… — Dave Cook Copy Share Image
Do you think there'd be a Givenchy in the hood if it wasn't for that South Park photo? — Kanye West Copy Share Image
We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I love going to the movie theatre, seeing live comedy, and going to amusement parks. — Jennette McCurdy Copy Share Image
Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market,… — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building up, down… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
