Jill Scott Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
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Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.
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In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.
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A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.
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It is not really necessary to destroy nature in order to gain God's favor or even his undivided attention.
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I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.
