Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
Being a Witness was too closed an experience. That's what I walked away from, not the things I believe.Jacqueline Woodson
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
Nate Parker -
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
Barbara Walters -
Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
Lane Garrison -
I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
Harbhajan Singh -
You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
Yair Lapid
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
Larry Flynt -
People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
Patricia Kaas -
In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
Lady Gaga -
For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
Zell Miller -
But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
Salman Rushdie
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Lao Tzu -
I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
Felicity Kendal -
The fashion industry really welcomed me with open arms and open hearts. They've been very accepting of my faith. I have strict wardrobe requirements, and that's something they've upheld.
Halima Aden -
I'm still so young, so I feel like people have wanted to keep me in a 'no-makeup' fresh type of look - sometimes artists are a little afraid of really putting the makeup on me.
Zara Larsson -
Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.
Tatjana Patitz -
Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.
Calvin Johnson
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I have an unbelievable assistant who handles all of my scheduling! It's like a Tetris game.
Neil Patrick Harris -
You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.
Etta James -
If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart.
James Hilton -
I think I'm close to lot of people in Bollywood, but I believe in evil eye, and I feel when I talk about friendships and relationships in public something somewhere goes wrong with it.
Arjun Rampal -
'Donny and Marie' was a great experience. I tried so hard to be a great talk show host but it's all about relaxing and enjoying it. Marie and I finally figured that out. I would have liked it to continue but I'm kind of glad it's over because of the phenomenal workload.
Donny Osmond -
Being a Witness was too closed an experience. That's what I walked away from, not the things I believe.
Jacqueline Woodson