Jamila Woods Quotes

The lake was always my orienting point when my dad was teaching me how to not get lost. The lake is east, so you'll always know that. It's a weird thing where you can kind of feel where you're at in Chicago, and when I was downtown, I was like, 'Oh, it feels more open over here. That must be east.' It felt like a little secret thing.

Jamila Woods

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MeWeirdFeelYouLakeKnow

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

Jerry Jeff Walker

DoingAttentionYouMy OwnPayOut

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

Ann Patchett

ExperienceAttentionNeedTend

Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean.

Steven Van Zandt

JobMindSayingYouListenMean

The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.

Tom Perez

OpportunityServiceBestPeople

I'm going to die one day. I know it's coming for me, too. I'll be a mountain, I'll be a stone on the beach. I'll be nourishment.

Mary Oliver

BeachDayMountainMeDieStone

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

FatherJobChildParentsGrowing Up

That's what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord I've never seen someone walk away from a Dick Dale dance not having a good time. That's what it's all about.

Dick Dale

GoodMusicTimeWalkDanceHappy

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

Connie Britton

MotherMusicTeacherSingingUp

There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

Bob Woodward

CulturePeopleYouSayRunGarbage

There is nothing at all that God won't forgive.

Anne Graham Lotz

GodNothingForgive

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

William Shakespeare

TogetherNothingWildSomething

It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.

Paula Radcliffe

GoodHealthYearOutShapeGoing

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