Lauryn Hill Quotes
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I'm very content.
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I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in acting, and I had been doing school plays. A couple of years later, I called him up, and I started auditioning.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
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I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist.
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.
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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
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You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not.
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.
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Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.
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The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.
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Even under the best of circumstances men are hard creatures to trap. Women who flatter themselves into thinking they've trapped one are like people who believe they can get rid of the cockroaches in their kitchen. They're in for a big surprise late one night when they turn on the light.
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
