Lauryn Hill Quotes
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these Confederate statues. That's wasted energy.
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While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with.
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Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
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The ruling class isn't dissatisfied: they are healthy, well-fed, live in beauty, enjoy their own importance: fun-loving cannibals.
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I like a brother that cuts to the chase.
