Jessica Williams Quotes
I think there's something to the millennial sentiment of being, like, 'I'm great.' But I think there's also something really amazing and powerful about being, like, 'Oh, hey, I'm awesome.' It's a fine line. But I think it's possible to be both, to not be the most annoying person in the world, to still be very intriguing and fun to watch.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.
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Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.
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The master was never impressed by diplomas or degrees. He scrutinized the person, not the certificate. He was once heard to say, 'When you have ears to hear a bird in song, you don't need to look at its credentials.'
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.
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Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.
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I think there's something to the millennial sentiment of being, like, 'I'm great.' But I think there's also something really amazing and powerful about being, like, 'Oh, hey, I'm awesome.' It's a fine line. But I think it's possible to be both, to not be the most annoying person in the world, to still be very intriguing and fun to watch.
