Lauryn Hill Quotes
I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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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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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.
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I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
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My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that.
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Remember that our Spanish conquerors, for their own benefit, deliberately created an oppressed underclass whose collective psyche became rooted in passivity and underachievement.
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I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.
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I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
