Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I think, as a kid, turning on the television and seeing that everyone seemed to be wealthy and white made me feel like an outsider, lesser than. I was not wealthy. I was not white.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You know, people really want to hear about the issues.

Alveda King

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I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

Trevor McDonald

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My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.

Marv Albert

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I've always had quite long canines. It's a very strange thing. My parents don't have them.

Luke Evans

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The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

Demi Moore

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For each character, I try to understand what is driving them.

Dee Rees

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I just like to be on the field really anywhere.

Christian Pulisic

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I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that.

Clint Eastwood

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I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

Bret Easton Ellis

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I am sorry that Mr. Cheney, and every other supporter of enhanced interrogation techniques, has to defend the practices as if they were torture. They are not.

Bret Stephens

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As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I thought about being an astronaut, a dinosaur scientist, or marine biologist, but I clearly was drawn to the ocean and to the water.

Brian Skerry

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For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table.

Arthur Schwartz

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