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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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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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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Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.
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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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Black high-waisted bottoms go with everything.
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I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
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Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.
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I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.
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Paper Moon didn't bring me love.
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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.
