Keri Hilson Quotes
Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens!
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
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If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.
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My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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I learned early on that 'Billy on the Street' is a great lesson in 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'
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A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren't too fond of.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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A lot of the time, excess on a film set is just damaging.
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The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue.
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Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens!
