Jill Scott Quotes
I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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Europe can be saved.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.
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Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.
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We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation.
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Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.
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Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.
