Jamila Woods Quotes
Part of what I like about living in Chicago is it's not easy. The breath of the city, the everyday challenge of it, is good. It forces you to grow and push yourself.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment.
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Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.
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Continuing on my theme of backing inclusive innovations, I am optimistic of the success of Uniphore. Man-machine communication is one of the more complex problems to solve. Uniphore's vision lends possibility of finding a solution to this very difficult problem, and the company has already made substantial progress.
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Part of what I like about living in Chicago is it's not easy. The breath of the city, the everyday challenge of it, is good. It forces you to grow and push yourself.
