Jessica Williams Quotes
Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.
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I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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You have to find something that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve. You want to drop 15 pounds. You want to be able to run four miles. There has to be some goal that you set for yourself and, after you've reached that goal, you set a new one. You always have to be shooting for something, striving for something.
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I'm someone that never likes to overpower the girls in hair and makeup.
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I don't know if there's something in the water in Texas, but there's a lot of us really ballsy women that have something to say.
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I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.
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Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
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Nobody is sicker than the man who is sick on his day off.
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Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.
