Jill Scott Quotes
I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I'm kind of a private person.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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I have a good relationship with Lifetime.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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One of the most important decisions you'll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.
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My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-five years ago. Whatever sadness or burden I've been living with since then, my brother's also been living with, but he's lived with the added burden of having the exact same name as our mother's murderer.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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We gave the world dab fever!
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I've been known to spend an afternoon on ASOS.com. There's just so much on there, and I can't stand not seeing all the new arrivals just in case I miss out.
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If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress.
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I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You might not be able to list the reasons why you love your best friend or what attracted you to them; it's just something that you feel - a connection, an understanding, or a curiosity that makes you want to get to know them.
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Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.
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I was a strange kid. I never really fit in; I was never comfortable in my own skin because I was a giant kid with no athletic ability.
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I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?
