Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.
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If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don't inquire into the details.
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Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it.
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I believe wealth should be in the hands of those who know how to create more wealth.
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I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
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I have a longing for fiction - to try to believe in it and to disappear into it.
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I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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I don't believe our works save us, but I believe they follow us into heaven and bring glory to God.
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I fully believe in ghosts. I have, my entire life. The first house I ever lived in was haunted. There was a grave of a man in the backyard. I was just a baby then, but my parents would tell me that every night, at the same time, they would hear someone walking up the stairs.
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Nothing prepares a family for having multiple children at once.
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My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney.
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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers.
