Jason Reynolds Quotes

I try to be an active griever. I feel like we lean on time because of the trope 'Time heals all wounds.' And there is truth to that, but I don't think that it's absolute. I think that to grieve and to deal and cope, you have to be actively processing the information. Have your moments, be broken, and allow yourself to fully express pain.

Jason Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 6, 1983

Topics

TruthTimeYourselfPainBrokenYou

On the weekends, some people garden; I slice salmon.

Jerry Della Femina

PeopleGardenSome PeopleWeekends

I wanted to do 'Manzanar' because I'd never done anything like it before. The spoken word there is between a drama and an essay, and I'd never worked in concert with an orchestra.

John Cho

DramaDoneNeverOrchestraAnything

When I was at a newspaper, I knew what an opportunity that was, and I religiously protected my time on the cop beat.

Michael Connelly

OpportunityTimeNewspaperBeatCop

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

Tom Paulin

ThinkConsciousnessCarryHistorical

When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.

Masayoshi Son

BusinessFocusedCompanyActiveHe

Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.

Moby

GoodHomeMeBookYouFind

The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.

Lou Henry Hoover

GirlHumanityIndependentModern

I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call.

Deb Caletti

GoodGreatMomentBookBackPhone

The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that he wants Medicare to be around for his grandkids. Well, if that's the case, he had better vote for Barack Obama!

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

BetterPlanVoteUpKeepWell

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

Cheryl Ladd

GodStepControlThinkTryingYou

I went around in my teens and early 20s thinking that life was a con trick. I had managed to grow up believing in all sorts of romantic ideas about hard work and justice and truth, and it seemed the real world was much more complicated and shaded than I wanted to believe.

Claire Messud

LifeWorkHard WorkTruthJustice

There are issues the EPA should be dealing with. When I talk about the EPA and its role with the states, it's not an abolitionist view, that we don't need that agency. It's that the agency should act within the outlines established by Congress.

Scott Pruitt

ViewCongressTalkNeedWithinAct

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