Jamila Woods Quotes
I don't create from a place of me making art for art's sake, but wanting my work to actually do stuff... tangible things.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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What's more difficult than knowing there's an effective treatment for your children, but you can't afford to offer it to them because it's not covered by insurance?
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If you are somebody who has a disease, you are not complaining when someone starts to do work for you. That is your hope.
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It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.
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Clinton was super attuned to other people to the point where he talks about feeling other people's pain. Clinton is probably the most buoyant, resilient person in American political history.
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I don't create from a place of me making art for art's sake, but wanting my work to actually do stuff... tangible things.
