Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I think there is much more queer visibility than there was when I was a kid. There is marriage, more trans visibility, and many more celebrities who are open about the sexuality. This was so not the case when I was a kid.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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If he hadn't done that interview with Bashir, he wouldn't be there now. That was the first time he ever did an interview like that. He was afraid of something like that all along. And it happened.

Joe Jackson

TimeDoneNowFirst TimeFirst

I don't know if Gary Johnson is out there doing a campaign, actually. I think he's talking to press a little bit, but I don't think they hold events.

Jill Stein

ThinkDoingTalkingKnowEventsOut

My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

Maurice Sendak

FatherJewishClubSocialBelonged

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Sophocles

ManWiseMindSickWise ManWhose

I can't talk about my singing. I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?

Janis Joplin

SingingYouTalkInsideSomething

God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.

Dikembe Mutombo

GodCommunityChildrenJobPlace

We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually.

Dick Van Patten

DogFoodThinkWillWayRoof

I trained to sing well, but now I sing poorly for a living. That was money well spent.

Colleen Ballinger

MoneyNowLivingWellSingPoorly

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.

Clark Gable

LoveGirlDatingYouExtraLike

'Do the Right Thing' has been a big influence on me. I saw it when it first came out in 1989. I was about 18, and it blew me away on many levels - I had never seen anything like it before.

Asif Kapadia

Do The Right ThingMeInfluenceNever

It is one of the ironies of my life and in many lives that whenever you are the happiest, all of this stuff from the past will come pushing up and demand to be noticed.

Sylvia Fraser

LifePastMy LifeYouWillUp

To me, the most important thing is happiness.

Sheryl Swoopes

HappinessMeImportantMostThing

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