Jodi Picoult Quotes
I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I'm a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It's manlier. You're touching things to make sounds appear.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
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It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.
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Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
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Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
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I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.
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And then it got even worse, I mean, a few people fell by the wayside within hours. Nick Lowe was in it for about 5 hours I think, he was expelled for going to bed.
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It's wrong and disgusting to follow children around and take their picture and sell it for money.
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I grew up in Florida, where if you weren't comfortable dancing, you weren't going to get any girls.
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It's not that complicated. If you hear something and it makes you want to hear it again, that's the ticket. You have to be lucky enough to find geniuses, welcome them and get out of their way.
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I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.