Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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The qubit acts as a bridge between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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As things go digital, the notion of new editions will go away. A publisher can add video and assessment content at scale, make the change in 30 seconds and it's just a software update.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
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I'm Latin - we start young, honey!
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
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'Blue Valentine' was a really sad movie, but I loved the moments when they're discovering each other for the first time.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff. It's funny now to think about it - that a friend getting a job or something had anything to do with me... I think that my relationship with my wife has played a pivotal role in the chilling out of Aaron.
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I was always singing but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.
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I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.
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We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
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What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?
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Ellos también son como yo, me digo. Y así me defiendo de ellos. Y así me defiendo de mí.
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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
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How many times have I thought of me sitting on a bench with him and me wriggling away from whatever he wanted to talk to me about. Sometimes you say you're going to write a story about that and sometimes it just arrives, and those scenes arrive.
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When I write, I don't think about messages for my readers.
