Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.
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In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.
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I'm a very consistent leader, and people won't find me different day to day. You won't have to have the sort of conversation that says, 'How is she today? Is this a good day to have this conversation?' You won't find that situation with me. I treat people with respect.
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I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.
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It is not logical for art to be logical. Art goes against the grain of the times as readily as it goes with it and at the very same moment. Instead of seeking the nearest exit, art responds to a new situation by uncovering a labyrinth of problems.
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It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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If I had stopped to listen once or twiceIf I had closed my mouth and opened my eyesIf I had cooled my head and warmed my heartI'd not be on this road tonight.
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You can think clearly only with your clothes on.
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'Firefly' was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show.
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WhatsApp has over a billion customers, and they are overwhelmingly good people. But in that billion customers are terrorists and criminals... It's a huge feature of terrorist tradecraft.
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New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of a hipster scene.
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I tend to side with people who are considered the underdog. I have empathy.
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Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.
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I love Allah: I have no time left in which to hate the devil.
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Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.
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The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.
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Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family's idea of you, is something you can't buy.
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I always like going to the West Coast. I don't know if it's a certain field, team, whatever it is, but I usually seem to do well here.
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I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
