Wyclef Jean Quotes
I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
Quotes to Explore
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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We live in a society that is powered by fossil fuels, but for the meantime, we're in it. Maybe there's, like, five people living in the woods off-grid, but they're spending all their time maintaining that, and they don't have much time left over for anything else.
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater.
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And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites.
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I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
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What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
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My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
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I don't want to come across as a victim with a sob story. I've got a fantastic life. I'm not a victim. I thank the bullies out there for making me who I am. Some people become weaker, but the bullies made me stronger.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
