Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 12, 1963

Topics

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I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.

Jimmy Kimmel

FunnyDirtyNeedReally

We have all seen Washington politicians fail us.

Joe Garcia

WashingtonPoliticiansFailSeenUs

Disney has been such a big part of my early career. I've done two pilots for Disney, and I've been working with them since I was 16, and I just turned 21.

Spencer Boldman

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I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

Tom Hooper

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People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.

Russell Baker

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President Trump's executive order creating a Muslim ban undermines the foundational ideals of the United States, a nation founded by immigrants.

Mike Quigley

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In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

Lou Holtz

LifeBestFootballJobEndGolf

It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

GreatServiceDisappointmentBehavior

I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.

Chris Cornell

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I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal computation, but it's plausible that it is.

Seth Lloyd

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I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.

Sharon Horgan

RebelNeverAgainstBecauseLike

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

Tom Baker

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