Jill Scott Quotes

I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. When we didn't have electricity, we ate romantically by candlelight.

Jill Scott

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In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.

Jesmyn Ward

FamilyCommunityPeopleHealthcare

We drove for 10 hours on rocky trails out into the central part of Mongolia in a Russian utility vehicle with no shock absorbers. Then we arrived at a remote area where we stayed in a yurt and waited to meet a horse wrangler who was scheduled to bring our rides.

John Fusco

HorseMeetOutBringWhereHours

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

Maureen Reagan

WomenMoneyProblemsMediaUnique

I think women are much more open to new ideas but approach a line more from a more personal and skeptical place - you need to seduce them into your clothes, whereas most men just like to be told what they should be wearing. Women are a bit like cats and men like dogs in that respect when it comes to clothes.

Michael Bastian

WomenRespectCatsMenIdeasThink

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

Tom Seaver

PlacePlacesFirstTwoOnlyLeague

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

PowerBrainLaborWayCheapCompete

I went through a lot of my life not being mindful of how I was living it. I wasn't mindful environmentally, or whether I was on track.

Roz Savage

LifeMy LifeLivingThroughBeing

Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

Mike Johanns

FoodSafetyChainEverybodyInvolves

I don't remember much of my childhood. My father passed away when I was six, and sadly, I don't have the fuzziest, foggiest memory of him - what his voice was like, anything he ever said to me, nothing. My early years are a total blur.

Don Willett

FatherChildhoodMemoryMeVoice

The beauty of jazz is that it can accommodate all styles. You can take jazz and put rock in it, and it's still jazz.

Jon Batiste

BeautyYouJazzRockTakeStill

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

Deborah Norville

CuriousConfidentFeelWantBelong

Women need each other. Be there for each other, and don't feel threatened.

Christina Milian

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