Jill Scott Quotes
People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
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My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year.
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You don't have to go to Harvard to figure out that the Big East is the best league in the country. You don't have to be a genius. A dummy like me can figure that out. When I look at my coach of the year candidates, Jamie Dixon is in my top five. Jamie has done a fantastic job. He has lost some heartbreakers on the road, but that's because winning on the road in the Big East is so difficult. They've been able to win at home. And that's the key when you play in a tough league. You better win your home games.
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People are really interested in economic security.
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People are seeking more power in the individual and less in government and institutions; they want more cooperation and less competition.
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People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.
