Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I would have written 'Brown Girl Dreaming' if no one had ever wanted to buy it, if it went nowhere but inside a desk drawer that my own children pulled out one day to find a tool for survival, a symbol of how strong we are and how much we've come through.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I have a very irregular life, and by that, I mean I do many different things with my time. No day is the same, which is great for me because as they say, 'Variety is the spice of life,' and I utterly agree and live by that statement.

Jessica Steen

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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

Jerry Lewis

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I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

John Greenleaf Whittier

TogetherMeYouLiftAscendBoth

If you go to my shows, 90 percent of my fans are females between the ages of eleven and eighteen. People look at me like a living mannequin; all of these girls want pink hair. They want the cool makeup and contact lenses and cool clothes.

Jeffree Star

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People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Michael Clarke Duncan

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I chose to document the lives of people living in a remote village in Alaska called Shishmaref because there we can literally see how climate change is affecting their homes, livelihoods and ultimately their lives.

Amy J. Berg

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Bieber has taste and pull, which is as important to making quality pop as actual talent.

Mary H.K. Choi

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The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.

Martin O'Malley

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I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.

Michaela Coel

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What's going to happen is that there will be a definite consensus that Europe is not working. The diagnosis will be to shed the currency and keep the rest, or that Europe is not working and a broader rejection - like in the U.K.

Joseph Stiglitz

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As a writer, when you fall in love with a place, you want to spend more time in it, either physically or mentally, and so you write about it.

Don Winslow

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I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down.

Johnny Vegas

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