Jill Scott Quotes

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

Jill Scott

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• Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Important
  • Happy
  • Healthy

• I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Up
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community from sharia law. Now, in the United States, it's probably not a big issue right now, but my brother-in-law is gay, and his partner and I would like them to be able to travel any place in the world without them risking harm.

  

  Foster Friess
  • World
  • Work
  • Law

• Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • You
  • Taste
  • Meat

• Every hero becomes a bore at last.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Hero
  • Last
  • Every

• Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.

  

  Page McConnell
  • Time
  • Different
  • Experience

• It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Money
  • Independent
  • Movies

• When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • World
  • School
  • Greatest

• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Country
  • Parents

• It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • Art
  • Me
  • Opera

• 'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Loved
  • Negative
  • Been

• I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.

  

  Randy Travis
  • School
  • Wish
  • I Wish

• I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • People
  • Good
  • Business

• I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Pretty
  • Know
  • Car

• There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • American
  • Kind

• I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.

  

  Irvin D. Yalom
  • Want
  • Because
  • Patient

• I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Life
  • Stop
  • Painting

• I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • Mind
  • Problem
  • Fall

• I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Book
  • Myself
  • Weird

• Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.

  

  Freddie Prinze, Jr.
  • Good

• For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.

  

  David Pogue
  • World
  • Science
  • Technology

• I don't think that science is complete at all. We don't understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don't understand.

  

  Charles H. Townes
  • Science

• If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Up
  • Important
  • Country

• 'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

  

  Jill Scott
  • Science