Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
The hardest part is telling one's story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.
Quotes to Explore
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
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I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.
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I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them
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The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I've always loved small business.
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The hardest part is telling one's story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.
