Lizzo (Melissa Jefferson) Quotes

Minneapolis just embraced me. There are a lot of weirdos here. It's awesome, because I'm a weirdo. Thankfully, the city embraced me with open arms. A lot about Minneapolis helped carve my musicality and open my eyes. The whole town is so open-minded compared to like, you know, Texas.

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• Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Information

• I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.

  

  Valorie Curry
  • Love
  • Opportunity
  • New

• With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • God
  • Remember
  • Victory

• 'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • World
  • American
  • Jews

• In Germany I am not so famous.

  

  Hans Berger
  • Famous
  • Germany

• ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.

  

  Jack Keane
  • People
  • American
  • America

• Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • You
  • Best
  • Ahead

• My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Great
  • Done
  • Kids

• I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

  

  Samuel Dash
  • Great
  • Money
  • Law

• The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • Learn
  • Goal
  • Company

• I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.

  

  Adam Pally
  • Music
  • Think
  • Example

• One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • World
  • Better
  • Laugh

• If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

  

  Dan Malloy
  • People
  • Different
  • Party

• I want to have an impact on my son.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Want
  • Son
  • Impact

• A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • People
  • Soul
  • Culture

• Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Like
  • Logic
  • Sword

• We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Friends
  • Young
  • Face

• The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • American
  • Distinctions
  • New Yorkers

• The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Great
  • Love
  • Home

• If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Happy
  • Change
  • Myself

• There's an elitism that comes out with the entertainment industry. I'll talk about some shows, but I'm not gonna say that you're dumb for watching one over the other. I just let it go. I don't have to declare a fatwa on any of these things. I've gotten over some of my elitism.

  

  W. Kamau Bell
  • Dumb

• 'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Parents
  • Fear
  • Food

• Minneapolis just embraced me. There are a lot of weirdos here. It's awesome, because I'm a weirdo. Thankfully, the city embraced me with open arms. A lot about Minneapolis helped carve my musicality and open my eyes. The whole town is so open-minded compared to like, you know, Texas.

  

  Lizzo
  • City
  • Eyes
  • Awesome