We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.
From Cory Booker
We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road.
Athletes are still exploited. If they blow out their knee, if they somehow don't meet the mandates of a coach, they lose their scholarship. They don't get their degree.
We're a nation of hope, of high ideals.
We've got to be entrepreneurial; we've got to be innovative, and we've got to figure out ways of getting things done that people might think are very unorthodox.
Kids born into certain ZIP codes will most likely have certain educational outcomes. And we've got to end that. If we end that, we explode economic development.
I'm very knowledgeable of the challenges before me.
My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.
I spent eight years living without heat and hot water.
I have not settled down with a life partner.
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