Lauryn Hill Quotes
My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people think success is. I actually feel successful right now, even though I don't have an album out, or a video or a song on the radio, because I'm trying to be obedient to His will.
Quotes to Explore
-
Life does not owe me a shred.
-
It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.
-
Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
-
I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
-
Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
-
One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
-
Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
-
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
-
I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
-
We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
-
The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
-
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
-
This Islam business kidnapped me.
-
When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
-
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
-
Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
-
When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.
-
The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
-
When I was an undergrad at Stanford, there was a girl named Jennie Kim who worked for the school newspaper. Sometimes people would come up to me and talk to me about articles she had written. 'That one on getting a Brazilian was hilarious', some guy said, high-fiving me.
-
If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face.
-
Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
-
I also don't have a desire to be on the A-list. I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.
-
I don't take a scene or word for granted.
-
My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people think success is. I actually feel successful right now, even though I don't have an album out, or a video or a song on the radio, because I'm trying to be obedient to His will.
