Lauryn Hill Quotes
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Let optimists rule the world.
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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.
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
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Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
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I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.
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We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.
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I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I've done nothing. I've done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
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I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.
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I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness
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As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.
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I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
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It's emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves.
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I don't want to be religious, I want to be spiritual. Anybody can be religious. Some people jog religiously. You don't want to be that, you want to be spiritual. You want to have a relationship with God as opposed to doing what everyone else does.
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I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.
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The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I'm not available.
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I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.
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It's more important to be righteous than to be right.
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I had an economic system imposed on me.
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From the time that you are a child, you grow up repressing yourself.
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I was unhappy with my life. I had acquired everything I thought I wanted, only to find out, This is it?
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I was very confused. I didn't understand the difference between rebellion against God and rebellion against the system that's not God.
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I started to see that my concept of spirituality was totally wrong.
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You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home.
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I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there.