Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.Jacqueline Woodson
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
Karen Salmansohn -
I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
Larry Wilcox -
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
Vin Scully -
A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
Kage Baker -
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
W. Clement Stone -
I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
Hailey Bieber
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
Tariq Ramadan -
Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
Frances McDormand -
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
Beatrice Wood -
When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
Kajol -
'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
Gail Carson Levine
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
Kara Swisher -
For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
Adam Jones -
Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.
Wendy Liebman -
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
Lech Walesa
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Cop families have guns in their houses.
Amy Carlson -
I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.
Iris Apfel -
I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.
Liam Neeson -
I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun.
Barry Hannah -
The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.
Jacqueline Woodson