Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

There was something about telling the lie-story and seeing your friends' eyes grow wide with wonder. Of course I got in trouble for lying, but I didn't stop until fifth grade.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.

Jenny Zhang

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I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

John Hench

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There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty soul-destroying. I don't drive, and the people kind of rub me the wrong way. It's just not home. You know? It's not New York. It's not... my town.

Michael Imperioli

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When there is a Brazilian who is lighting things up, he is at Real Madrid before you know it!

Riyad Mahrez

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I could be rearrested at any time; there could be attempts of my life. I have no idea. You are dealing with totally unpredictable people and a nation where the rule of law means nothing.

Roy Bennett

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Despite the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in our presidential election, President Donald Trump and Republican leadership seem wholly uninterested in examining how and why Russia targeted us - and what we must do to prevent it from happening again.

Mike Quigley

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I wanted to be consistent with my exercise, so I committed to working out for 30 days in a row, no matter what.

Molly Sims

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Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Dean Koontz

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Out in Hollywood, you get the feeling when people are talking to you, that they are looking right past you - like they're looking to see who else they can talk to.

Brad Paisley

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Being a farmer is a great qualification to have to serve in the United States Congress.

Bruce Braley

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I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.

Bobby Vinton

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In my off-time, I do record. Once in a while, I'll just go into the studio if there's a really good song that I have in my head and want to do. I think, as artists, you're constantly in creative motion. If I stopped writing songs, then that's a part of me that would stop in my life, and I need constant motion.

Britney Spears

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