Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
My kids speak of both subtle slights and blatant racism. It's a narrative I never imagined for them.Jacqueline Woodson
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
Hallie Ephron -
I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
K. D. Lang -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons -
Do I enjoy features? Yeah, I really do. Would I like to do some more features before I head to the barn? Yeah, probably. But I also love television. I love doing television because it's fast, and that I like a lot.
G. W. Bailey -
When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
Victor LaValle -
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
Yitzhak Rabin
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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.
Ziggy Marley -
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
Ralph Nader -
In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
Pat Robertson -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson -
The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
Felix Dennis
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
Ted Deutch -
Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
C. Wright Mills -
I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
Zadie Smith -
White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
Ma Rainey -
The ability to cultivate friends is a powerful aid to success. It is capital which will stand by one when panics come, when banks fail, when business concerns go to the wall.
Orison Swett Marden -
You see kids walking to the bus, and they're watching product on their phones. I'm positive that my grandkids and their grandkids are going to put on a pair of glasses and watch something.
Jeffrey Tambor
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People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a smart car and go on exotic foreign holidays. It's up to you.
Mark Barrowcliffe -
One forgets how human murderers are.
Agatha Christie -
There's a conflict between what's in your mind and what's in your body.
Norman Lloyd -
My kids speak of both subtle slights and blatant racism. It's a narrative I never imagined for them.
Jacqueline Woodson