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.

  

  Earl Monroe
  • Game
  • Sports
  • Be Patient

• Let's judge a man on what he's done.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Done
  • Man
  • Judge

• Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.

  

  Nathan Kirsh
  • Real
  • Need
  • Busy

• There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Different
  • Choose
  • Lots

• Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Want
  • Never
  • Box

• 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.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Trying
  • Society
  • Gay

• Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Most
  • Global Warming
  • Global

• 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.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • People
  • Up
  • Small

• The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Try
  • Last
  • Programmer

• 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.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • World
  • Dream
  • Sweet

• 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.

  

  Yvette Clarke
  • Life
  • Experience
  • American

• When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Political
  • Way
  • Christian

• I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Women
  • Career
  • Thought

• 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.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Career
  • Me
  • Amazing

• The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Past

• Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • Law
  • Contract
  • Ethereum

• The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Will
  • Laws
  • Thieves

• 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.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • World
  • Money
  • Today

• To help enable the kind of science Hubble is performing makes my life worthwhile.

  

  John M. Grunsfeld
  • Life
  • Help
  • Science

• No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good.

  

  Eddie Murray
  • Up
  • Good
  • Important

• On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Moment

• It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch.

  

  Amandla Stenberg
  • People
  • Important
  • Movie

• To me, the most important thing is to wear something that I love and feel comfortable in, and Christmas is a great opportunity to get one of my old favourites out.

  

  Amber Le Bon
  • Great
  • Important
  • Opportunity

• Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

  

  Jill Scott
  • Important
  • Humble