Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I didn't have any idea of what I was getting into by going away to college. And I was scared. I was scared of failing. I was scared of it not being for me because I was going to be one of the first people in my family to go off to college.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyPeopleCollegeMeGoFirst

There were always other children in our house, even though I'm an only child - there were always these other kids coming by.

Jeryl Prescott

ChildrenChildHouseAlwaysComing

The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually understood as occurring in some kind of vacuum - because of slavery.

Jesmyn Ward

SlaveryAmericanKindReasonVacuum

I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.

John Breaux

WordsYouCountryProjectPorkLike

ISIL, AQ, now have the ability to literally reach into our homeland through social media, through the Internet, to recruit and inspire. It makes for a more complicated homeland security environment. And so it requires a whole of government approach, not just military and law enforcement, homeland security, aviation security, and the like.

Jeh Johnson

Social MediaGovernmentLawInspire

Things that are interesting, people will pass around the Internet, around the world. And the blogosphere is only the tip of the iceberg.

Robert Scoble

PeopleWorldInternetInteresting

You find happiness where you find it.

Anna Paquin

HappinessYouFindWhere

I plug into a lot of old rock & roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis - I love all that stuff.

Angus Young

LoveRockOldLittleRollStuff

All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. It's a negotiation tool.

Michael Gurian

WomenMenWorldBetterRecognition

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

Stanley Clarke

SchoolCollegeLearnYouPlayGo

It's like I tell everybody, if you get a chance to win the Royal Rumble or the King of the Ring back when they had it, that means you're gonna get a push. You getting an opportunity at something big, and it can really set up your future for you. So if you're that guy, boy, it's pressure.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

FutureOpportunityKingWinChance

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

Rollo May

LifeGoodCareSurvivalGood Life

I believe you have to make things happen.

Clemence Poesy

BelieveYouThings HappenI Believe

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