Jason Reynolds Quotes
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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I've been a freelancer my whole life. It's sort of been my ethos that wherever something takes me, it takes me, so, that was really the start of me trying my hand at whatever it was at the time. I've gone from doing sculpture to videos to being a set builder and working for a general contractor to jewelry maker to now, a rapper... I just love to create. I've had a stint doing pretty much everything! It sort of doesn't matter what it is, as long as I'm doing it. I love to see something from conception to final product. I love trying new things and seeing them through.
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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.
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I think it is important also to recognize that our Customs border protection officers who secure our borders and conduct inspections of people in vehicles and cargo are also facing staffing shortages.
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People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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I've been told what I can't do my whole life.
