Jessica Williams Quotes
Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.
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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.
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Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.
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I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.
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I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.
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Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
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In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.
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Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing, and Europe's economy remains unable to grow.
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I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
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I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that. Because once you know where you're going as an audience member, then it's like a video game. You're just waiting for them to get through the levels and beat the bad guy. And I just think that's boring.
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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
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A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is.
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The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oath, whether he did it willfully. I think that's required of any prosecutor who is charged with an investigation of this.
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Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.
