Jill Scott Quotes
Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a microphone and blacking out musically, you know. I'd come back a couple hours later and there's six songs from beginning to end, you know? I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know how I'm going to say it.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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I am happy in Paris.
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The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.
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Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters right now, a shoe collaboration with Bass. She sells to Barneys, stuff like that.
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Bahrain is very dear to me.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it.
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Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.
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When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
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We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.
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I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat.
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Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a microphone and blacking out musically, you know. I'd come back a couple hours later and there's six songs from beginning to end, you know? I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know how I'm going to say it.
