Lauryn Hill Quotes
If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your ex.' I miss it; I miss setting up tables at 6 A.M.
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.
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I have a paralyzing fear of snakes.
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.
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Short ribs in the middle of a hamburger? That was pretty groundbreaking.
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I look at my son and his relationship to technology, and I think back to when I was six and how wildly different the world is in that regard. I see him using an iPhone and all this stuff, and then I think back to when I was six. We didn't even have computers in our houses at all yet. This is a huge gap between our experiences as children.
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We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it.
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I'm learning to accept myself. I'm still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it's been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.
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... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.
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If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.
