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Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

My mother was a single mom whose days were spent as a customer service rep at Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Mother Service Mom Customer Brooklyn

As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

Family Winter Father History Child

The sense organs experience the external light, sound, etc. with difficulty; the different sense organs only have a so-called specific receptivity for particular stimuli.

Johannes P. Muller

Light Experience Sound Difficulty

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Knowledge Youth Loss More Up Gain

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

Jeanette Winterson

Art People Luxury Why Understand

'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.

Family Lonely American Horror Way

The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a bad thing, but my point is the political aspect in Ireland was way out of kilter, and it wasn't right.

Religion Church Political Long Bad

I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore.

Saying Think You Bad Matter Because

I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.

Technology Decision Parents Want Did

I am 39. I am single. I am a black woman. I have too many advanced degrees. Many a news story tells me finding true love is likely a hopeless proposition. Now is the time when I need to believe in fairy tales.

Love Time True Love Woman I Am Me

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people. When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place.

Live People You Look Place Lived

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

Love Music People Playing Going

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.

Music Time Myself Happy Intention

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