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Jessica Williams Quotes

I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.

Jessica Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: July 31, 1989

Topics

Parents Christian Career Focused Up

As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.

People Me Look Want Call Much

With all the goodwill and local initiative in the world, we are not about to rewild anything until we change our way of thinking about our place in the creaturely world.

Change World Thinking Place Way Our

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

John Gregory Dunne

History War People Vietnam War How

My mother wanted me to be a doctor.

Mother Me Doctor Wanted

Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and 'are.' That's because black English arose when adult African slaves learned the language.

Black Language Drops English Slaves

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

Women Need Up Voices Needs Volume

On our swim team, they had something called the 'developmental meet.' I didn't know it was a meet only for the worst kids so that they could get a ribbon, and I'd show up with my friend who was also a terrible swimmer, and we would be amazed that the best kids hadn't bothered to show up. I didn't get it until after college.

Friend Best College Team Know Meet

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

Creative Better Doing Right Activity

Ironically, while many of us spend hours every day using small mobile devices to increase our productivity and efficiency, interacting with these objects, even for short periods of time, might do just the opposite, reducing our assertiveness and undermining our productivity.

Time Day Small Short Efficiency Us

I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over 'The Onion' or 'Calvin and Hobbes.' That was considered completely normal.

Feel Strange Never Over Normal Made

People asked me during the Iraq war if I was afraid to speak out. I said no.

War People Me Speak Said Out

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

Life Logic Powerful More Psychology

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