Jill Scott Quotes

When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.

Jill Scott

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I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.

Joanna Newsom

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I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

Michael Imperioli

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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!

Sholem Asch

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I have sat in with the Burbank Philharmonic and the Topanga Orchestra when they need someone if someone gets sick or something.

Torrey DeVitto

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If a book sells a few hundred thousand copies or a million copies, which is great, it's perfect for PassionFlix because we don't have the same overhead as some of the studios do to make these movies.

Tosca Musk

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Sometimes people honestly don't realize the magnitude of their words and have no idea that boundaries have been crossed.

Judy Smith

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If the bus driver is black, I thank him... when I get off at my spot, whereas I would never think of doing this if the driver were white.

David Shields

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I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.

Bob Iger

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When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope.

Shaun White

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Every day I think, 'Can I commit?' I think I can and that I will.

Scott Baio

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