Lauryn Hill Quotes
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.