Jamila Woods Quotes
I read this book when I was young. It's about a black girl growing up in Heaven, Ohio. The cover has a black girl with clouds behind her. It was the first book cover I ever saw with a girl that looked like me.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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One of my favorite places is Seattle. Growing up, I never thought I'd be able to go to Seattle. I grew up in eastern South Carolina, so that's as far as you can get from Seattle, unless I lived in Miami.
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Our ways of relating to each other become like habits.
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I read this book when I was young. It's about a black girl growing up in Heaven, Ohio. The cover has a black girl with clouds behind her. It was the first book cover I ever saw with a girl that looked like me.
