Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

Childhood, young adulthood is fluid. And it's very easy to get labeled very young and have to carry something through your childhood and into your adulthood that is not necessarily who you are.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildhoodEasyYouYoungAdulthood

I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language.

Meg Wolitzer

LoveThinkThinkingLanguageAbout

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.

Max Winkler

GoodThoughtSexyShortFriends

I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

BestStorySayWithoutFineJust

Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong.

Michael Finkel

ForgivenessMistakeBelieveLongSay

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

John Zorn

SocietySurviveWillAlways

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.

Amos Oz

MeResolutionDownCrystalIsrael

I'm willing to be different than other parents and go against the mainstream.

Amy Chua

ParentsBe DifferentGoAgainstThan

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Soren Kierkegaard

SafePortAdviseComfortably

I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?

Steve Martin

ChildrenMeFindWallStreetAccept

Right now, my focus is really acting and directing. But I see the creativity and the work that goes into building a network, and it's fascinating to me. If those doors open for me... I think just learning as much as I can at this point is really what it's about.

Shiri Appleby

WorkLearningFocusCreativityMe

The real people who suffer when business is leaving or not successful are the people in the middle class.

Mitt Romney

BusinessPeopleLeavingClassReal

With the second 'Captain America,' we really pushed the envelope in terms of what this guy is capable of, which I was excited to see. Because in the first 'Captain America,' he's just strong. In 'Avengers,' it was still, in my opinion, a little bit 'punch, punch, kick, kick.'

Chris Evans

OpinionStrongAmericaCaptainSee

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