Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny, the racism, the economic struggle, all of it? You need those people saying you're a good mom, a great writer. You're a great dresser. You cook well. Whatever the beauty is that you need to hear.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian? If we lose sight of this, the idea of Europe could become a minority interest in its own continent.
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You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.
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I always knew who I was, and I always ran from my true purpose... I know what my job is. And I always ran from it.
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People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.
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I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.
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Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny, the racism, the economic struggle, all of it? You need those people saying you're a good mom, a great writer. You're a great dresser. You cook well. Whatever the beauty is that you need to hear.
