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Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

People want to know and understand each other across lines of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Gender Know Want Understand

I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.

People Me Care Princess Want Like

Interviews, and hence interviewers, are there to help shed light, and to let viewers judge for themselves. We are not judges, juries, commentators or torturers - nor friends, either.

Light Judge Friends Help Judges Nor

My father was one of the first six guys ashore on Iwo Jima. He's 86 years old now, and every single night of his life, he has nightmares, and he wakes yelling.

Life Father Night Now First Single

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Alone Loneliness I Am Me Moon You

I am charged with violating pledges which I never gave; and because I execute what I believe to be the law, with usurping powers not conferred by law; and above all, with using the powers conferred upon the President by the Constitution, from corrupt motives and for unwarrantable ends.

I Am Law Believe Constitution Never

Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.

Food Culture Experience Travel Dress

I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something.

Music Myself Fun People Interesting

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

Work Age Winning Work Ethic Never

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

New York City American You Find New

It's funny, I never think I'm doing that well. I've never, ever. I just constantly think, 'This isn't working out.'

Funny Think Doing Never Out Working

Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

Wisdom Acceptance Country Emotions

I like my customer to be fierce.

Christian Louboutin

Fierce Customer Like

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