Jill Scott Quotes
Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.

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When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
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When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to be an exchange student to a small town in Argentina called Goya.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
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I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.
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I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
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For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or wants to control you underestimates you, you can play their game right back.
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The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
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The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.
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When we consider carefully what many of our so-called humanists stand for, we find that they are not humanists but humanitarians.
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SBI Caps has a distinct advantage because most of our people are market recruits. We have a public sector heritage. Our challenge is to bring the best of both - public sector heritage and private sector talent - and provide a unique offering.
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My mother had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire.
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In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.
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I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself can find a little action.
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I'm easy to look like, so there are lots and lots of Dolly look-alikes.
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Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.