Jill Scott Quotes
Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.
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I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
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Military intervention for reasons of ideology or nation building is not an Eisenhower or Nixon or Reagan tradition. It is not a Republican tradition. It is a Bush II-neocon deformity, an aberration that proved disastrous for the United States and the Middle East.
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The fundamentalist religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.
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Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
