Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
I'm inspired by questions I have that I try to figure out the answers to through my writing.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be doing it anyway: it's my life.
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evidence without ideas is more valuable than ideas without evidence.
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Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?
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With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out.
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I don't consider this hard work. I love it, and I think I get to make a difference. I really believe in Secretary Clinton, and I want to feel like I'm part of making a difference; I really do.
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I'm inspired by questions I have that I try to figure out the answers to through my writing.
