Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

My grandparents were wealthy; my mom was not. I would walk into these worlds of privilege and then walk back into this other world. My little brother is biracial. So race and economic class and sexuality - these were always issues that were a part of my life.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve. Decades later, his successors were also expected to sit by the phone.

John Dickerson

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When I'm doing the brute work, I do it early in the morning; that's the best time for me to get the stuff down on the page.

John Edgar Wideman

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No matter what job you have, you're in control of your attitude. That, to me, is my biggest focus every day - being on the energy bus.

Andrew Whitworth

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There isn't a single business where anybody feels secure.

Maxwell Caulfield

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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

John Lydon

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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

Robert Brustein

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Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that.

Mary Steenburgen

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I think Trump is terrible for comedy. A lot of people say he is great. He's not. You can't joke a joke.

Michelle Wolf

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I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones.

Mitch Albom

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Poetry is how I feed the soul, and it's how I fire the furnace of writing.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Milan Kundera

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From a young age, I saw and placed importance on spirituality within religion.

Lizzo

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