Jill Scott Quotes

I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy!

Jill Scott

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PainWorldDeepThinkYouArtist

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

Jennie Finch

WomenBaseballAmazingGrowing UpUp

I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.

Skeet Ulrich

SchoolHigh SchoolGoHighProm

I'll take my clothes off - whatever the job requires.

Tom Felton

JobClothesWhateverTakeOff

We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.

Michael Stipe

PeopleThinkAmericanCountryNow

Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.

Joyce Carol Oates

LiveAloneTimeSeriousSayNothing

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Jean Cocteau

ArtWillPencilPaperFilmOnly

I want to be surrounded by women, I want to be snuggled and cuddled and pampered.

Jason Mraz

WomenWantSurroundedPampered

People ask me what I would have done if it wasn't for basketball. I can never give a good story because I honestly don't know. I had no other options.

DeMar DeRozan

GoodPeopleMeBasketballStoryAsk

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

Coretta Scott King

PeopleYouMatterHumanSeeRights

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.

Anthony Hopkins

LifeDreamsMy LifeBeyondOut

I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

Anthony Hopkins

LifeTimeDeathRoadDoingEnough

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

August Wilson

ExperienceBlackSituationUpWhere

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