Jill Scott Quotes
Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
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I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.
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I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for. He didn't find it, but we think we're hot on the trail.
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My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy.
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Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.