Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

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• Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.

  

  Gabriel Luna
  • Work
  • Football
  • Fitness

• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • World
  • Art
  • Power

• When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Life
  • Yourself
  • Tough

• The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Love
  • Idea
  • Watching

• For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • Home
  • Energy
  • Rest

• When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Music
  • I Can
  • Hear

• There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Real
  • Movie
  • Christmas

• It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Know
  • Stupid
  • Doing

• I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
  • Know
  • Car
  • Car Accident

• See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Work
  • God
  • Job

• I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Art
  • Travel
  • Teacher

• Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Home
  • Dream
  • You

• Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Life
  • School
  • High

• Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Dream

• My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Opinions

• I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Want
  • Proud
  • Body

• I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Hate
  • Question

• I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf, out of their reach.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Children
  • Book
  • Friends

• I look at Syracuse and I love the way that the coaches say they'll use me in their offense. I really like the family atmosphere there and I feel really comfortable there.

  

  Nerlens Noel
  • Family

• I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Responsibility
  • Never
  • Will

• One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.

  

  Elizabeth Banks
  • Divorce
  • Disrespect

• Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.

  

  Julia Roberts
  • Up
  • Work
  • Together

• I feel like, as a person of color, I've always been kind of doing the work against the tide.

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • Work
  • Color