Jamila Woods Quotes

In some ways, I value specificity. I think that there's power in, once you know who your fan base is, being able to speak to them. I hope to cultivate a fan base of black girls and black people and people of color, women of color, queer people, people who are are marginalized in general.

Jamila Woods

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WomenHopePowerValuePeopleThink

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.

Jimmy Fallon

AttentionKindCenterBeingJust

There's never any ability to plan a personal life.

Jerry Kleczka

LifePlanPersonalNeverAbility

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

Andrew Motion

GreatTimePoetryTryingWayEvents

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

Andrew Jackson

PeaceSometimesBloodThingsAbove

The question is not whether but how do the actions of a given gene influence some interesting aspect of behavior.

Jeffrey C. Hall

InfluenceBehaviorInterestingSome

The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always amazed, because they never seemed to care. I was like, 'How do they do that?'

Andy Richter

ManMeLookingCareYoungYoung Man

I don't have any respect for judges who arrive at the result first, and then try to figure out some way they can bend the law to reach their particular predilections.

Jed S. Rakoff

RespectLawReachResultWayTry

Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.

Stephen Hawking

UniverseWillForeverExpandEver

You always want to go to a party where you get an invite.

Simon Cowell

YouPartyGoWantAlwaysGet

I believe our inability to achieve victory stems mainly from having lost sight as a nation of what it means to win.

Michael T. Flynn

WinVictoryBelieveAchieveLost

We're human. Enjoy yourself. You work hard every day; you deserve to turn up on the weekends with your friends.

Logic

WorkDayYourselfWork HardEnjoy

All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.

Dickey Betts

MusiciansUpGotArtistsCertain

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