Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

My family is big, complicated, and beautiful - and keeps me smiling and whole. It's so important to have family, whether it's biological family, good friends, foster families, or a group of aunties who are raising you. The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyGoodAloneBeautifulWalkMe

I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.

Jewel

FatSheDoubleHerWhereStunt

I was not influenced by any artists.

Andrae Crouch

ArtistsInfluencedAny

I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.

John Hughes

DaySchoolDoctorHigh SchoolMovies

It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase.

Angela Ruggiero

GoodTimeStepMeGrowEnjoy

We wanted to do something different and have a surprise release. At first, naturally, the label was getting a little scared about that, because they wanna sell records, and a surprise release means it might not go as quickly.

Johnny Christ

SurpriseGoFirstLittleScared

Well I think fundamentally, what I think surprises me is the creationist movement, and the notion that somehow you can't believe in God if you believe in evolution. But I don't think there's anything in the Bible which prevents a recognition that evolution is a highly plausible way that we came to be here.

Robert Winston

GodMeBibleBelieveThinkYou

When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like, when I looked up, I could say, 'Well, that's who I want to be.'

Ruth Porat

WomenMeImportantSayWantUp

One thing you cannot control is nature.

Diana Ross

NatureControlYouCannotOne Thing

You can get claustrophobia and agoraphobia - a fear of wide, open spaces - simultaneously on a spacewalk.

Chris Hadfield

FearYouOpenGetWideSpaces

Good poets borrow; great poets steal.

David Shields

GoodGreatBorrowStealPoets

I never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas. And I always, always knew how deeply they loved me. That feeling of being valued and loved, that's what my mom wants for every child.

Chelsea Clinton

ChildParentsMeIdeasMomThoughts

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

Concha Buika

SpeakCareKnowEnglishSureSing

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