Jess Row Quotes
White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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We just here to do our job.
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I like things simple.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.
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When you see me on TV, that's about as close to my real personality as you can get.
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Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little.
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What she needs, at least one thing she needs, is companionship. After all why should she eat? Who needs her to be alive? What we call psychosis is sometimes simply realism. But human beings can't live on realism alone.
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People's lives can be transformed by the movement.
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Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.
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White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.
