Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Everybody I meet who uses 'WhatsApp', I ask them a question: 'How did you hear about it?' And they say, 'My friends, my sister or my brother, somebody I know hounded me to install WhatsApp.' We think there is more power to the network when it grows organically.
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When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.
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The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage.
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Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.
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The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.
