Jill Scott Quotes
I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.
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Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image and general welfare, there are no real alliances or partnerships in boxing.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.
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Avarice is a deadly sin.
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I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
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Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.
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Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks.” “Just most things.
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Rules necessary for demonstrations. To prove all propositions, and to employ nothing for their proof but axioms fully evident of themselves, or propositions already demonstrated or admitted; Never to take advantage of the ambiguity of terms by failing mentally to substitute definitions that restrict or explain them.
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I got shot. I always felt like I'd be shot. Somebody was trying to do me some harm because a lot of people don't like me. But I didn't think it was gonna happen at that particular moment.
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Quite recently, to his horror, he had realized he would have to get a job. He was therefore studying to become a barrister, in the hope that he would find some pleasure in keeping as many criminals as possible at large.
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I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.
