Jill Scott Quotes
I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Life, Tavi reflected, seldom makes a gift of what one expects or plans for.
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For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.
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There's a great deal of stripping away; in early drafts, I may say the same thing two or three times, and each may be appropriate, but I try to pick the best and improve it. I work on sound a great deal, and I will change a word or two, revise punctuation and line breaks, looking for the sound I want.
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A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front of a crowd. I felt like I was calling on all those other experiences.
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I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.
