Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

In young adult novels and children's books, you stay in moment. The story goes through a school year or a weekend. You never get a sense of a future self because the young person has not lived that yet.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.

Jimmy Kimmel

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I don't mind cold water. I mean, it's fine. Wetsuits will serve you these days; it doesn't really matter.

Joel Parkinson

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I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV.

Jennifer Aniston

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I would say there are three important things about graphene. It's two-dimensional, which is the best possible number for studying fundamental physics. The second thing is the quality of graphene, which stems from its extremely strong carbon-carbon bonds. And finally, the system is also metallic.

Andre Geim

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I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.

Matt Salmon

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I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!

Ani DiFranco

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I'm an agnostic trending toward atheist and resist, in particular, Christian interpretations and imagery.

Jeff Vandermeer

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I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But the more you keep doing it, the less soreness you have. And you actually start to enjoy it.

Rory McIlroy

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We always see Aung San as a strong, tough woman. There are two stories running in parallel. You see the contradictions between the East and the West, and you see someone who does mundane and normal things - someone who's supposed to be a housewife - and then someone who's become important and imprisoned.

Michelle Yeoh

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We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king.

Brother Lawrence

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I grew up in Indiana. I'm a late bloomer, very naive.

Arija Bareikis

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Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride.

Antoine Predock

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