Jill Scott Quotes
Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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I learned about M&A and how to value assets and work with investment bankers.
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America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
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The amount of attention and sensitivity and education that we're getting in terms of specifically the transgender community is great, and certainly that's new to me. But it's not incredibly unfamiliar. I grew up in downtown New York in the '80s.
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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
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My head is in the game! Like 'High School Musical' taught me. I know what I want, and I know, too, now that you take your craft seriously, but you don't have to take yourself seriously.
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If you're investing in a company in the Bitcoin economy, you have to compare the valuation of the company to the valuation of the entire economy.
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Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.
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It cannot be a coincidence that a European team couldn't win a World Cup held in South America.
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Golf is a better game played downhill.
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In maybe 1963, we had 'Collier's Encyclopedia,' and they sent us their yearly LP. I heard the Beatles talking on there. That was the first time I tried altering my voice, doing a Liverpudlian accent.
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I've been having meetings with people, just everywhere in the world, and it's like, 'Hey, really love you to work with me, send me some ideas.' That's the crazy part.
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Ted Cruz, who uses phrases like 'carpet-bombing' the people of ISIS and who said, after the incidents in Paris, that we need a war president, is using fear mongering and hate speech. As a citizen of the world, I'm very concerned that this kind of behavior is being cheered on by anyone. It only brings more pain and suffering.
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Groupon is a great concept packaged in a superb name, but the concept of group discounts is not new.
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When I started writing about art, there were no curators.
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Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.
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If we knew the truth, we'd see it; all else is system and outskirts.
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I enjoy tutoring. I just really enjoy the experience of teaching.
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When I was in the dunk contest, DeMar DeRozan actually did the dunk I was about to do before me. That was going to be my next dunk, so I was panicking when I went up for my turn.
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I believe that educating people to awaken into full consciousness is the most important thing we can do.
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School was just kind of something where it was like, 'Um, I guess I should get my bachelor's.' My mind is always geared towards the practical.
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Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.
