Jessica Williams Quotes
Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.
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Surprise is key in all art.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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I have always liked to get my pictures taken, and I like taking care of my looks. But, I am not one to use beauty products and treatments.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
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I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.
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When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
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I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
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I grew up watching 'Grease,' and 'Grease 2.' I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. I'd love the challenge now.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in style is pointed out ... I know that when things start going wrong, for one, I get the coach to keep his eye on me to see what I'm suddenly doing wrong. I can't see it or I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word 'home' has only one meaning: Iran. I suppose it's that way for everyone: Home is the place where one is born and raised.
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Class has always been Tom Wolfe's subject, and I suspect the reason for much of the disfavor in which he is held.
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It's hard to get concert tickets.
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Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical.
