Jason Reynolds Quotes
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
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The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other.
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I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
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I love New York. Love it.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.
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It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your countrymen. Many of your black and other compatriots must be just as anguished as we are.
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Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.
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Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.
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When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing.
