Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
In the midst of observing the world and coming to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to put on the page were the stories of people who looked like me.Jacqueline Woodson
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
Barbara Amiel -
Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
J. B. Pritzker -
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
Ira Glass -
I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
J Mascis -
Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.
J. C. Ryle -
The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
R. J. Cutler
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
Beck -
A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
Rakul Preet Singh -
The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Oliver Tambo -
I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
Kate Winslet -
You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
Oprah Winfrey -
Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
Orlando Bloom
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
Ian Millar -
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Lao Tzu -
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
Olga Kurylenko -
My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
Kate Walsh -
On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.
Maira Kalman -
I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.
Utada Hikaru
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I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
To me, throwback means I'm a smart player. I know how to play the game. I'm very skilled. I do a lot of things that other people don't do.
Kevin Love -
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Alphonse de Lamartine -
In the midst of observing the world and coming to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to put on the page were the stories of people who looked like me.
Jacqueline Woodson