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Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

In all my childhood, I never heard my grandparents say that anything shocked or surprised them. They knew what their country was capable of.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Childhood Country Say Grandparents

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.

Time Day Parents Me Know Never

There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its whimsy and pointlessness may depict the story of life - and indeed could be a useful model to keep in mind, seeing as so much of life's ambition comes unstuck or leads to nothing much at all.

Life Travel Mind Ambition World

I'm doing my best to raise my son and give him a nurturing, loving, and caring environment so he can grow up and be the best version of himself.

Son Best Caring Grow Doing Loving

When my husband died in 2006, I didn't want to be Mitzi Gaynor anymore.

Husband Want Anymore Died

Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a person but part of a woman's body, of course you will be pro-choice. I would be virulently pro-choice if I didn't believe it to be a person.

Woman Believe Think You Body Person

The first time I got paid as an actor was for 'Man of La Mancha.' So 'Don Quixote' has always been a thing for me.

Jason Winston George

Time Man Me Actor First Time First

The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's airspace. The last of these incidents, involving 16-year-old Cody Bearden and his father, Leon, is the one that finally forced the federal government to pay attention to the escalating crisis.

Brendan I. Koerner

Father Government America Attention

Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose of penance. What's remarkable is the extent to which penance sells among a mostly secular audience. What is there to be penitent about?

World Global Warming Listen Theme

If you're going to saute something, lightly spray olive oil in the pan or on veggies before you serve them. It adds a nice flavor. We grill a lot, so I'll use a little on my corn or my shrimp.

You Nice Oil Corn Little Serve

There's good money in true crime, I'm told, and plenty of it lying around, but it's a devil of an art form.

Good Art Money Devil Lying True

It's amazing when people who don't even know you pray for your good heath and success. But being a private person, sometimes I don't know how to handle the adulation that comes my way.

Success Good People Amazing You Way

I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting.

Richard M. Daley

Community People Country Movement

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