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For anyone who feels they are overwhelmed by their job, or maybe they take their job too seriously or are working too hard, I say go to a safari, particularly the Okavango Delta, and just be humbled.

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Jill Scott
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 4
Actor
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Poet
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Jill Heather Scott
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One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.
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When I auditioned with Anthony Minghella (The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), I loved the audition process, although I hated him for it. Because he had me audition six times for that role. Maybe three hours each. He wanted to see how quickly I could vary.
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I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
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Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.
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I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.
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That's what I enjoy most about my music, that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.
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I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?
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I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.
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When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.
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Sometimes, for principle, your gonna have to kick some ass.
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I think what irks me is that I feel like women are really being compartmentalized physically, and it's been done so much that now we're doing it to ourselves. I don't like it.
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Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.
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If I feel really ugly or unhappy, sometimes I'll choose bright colors so they'll make me feel good. Yellows, pinks, light blues and orange. I just want to feel good all the time if I can. And colors and hairstyles and all that kind of helps out.
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I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.
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A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.
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Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.
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I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.
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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.
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We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.
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I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one makes me cry from joy. I'll mourn - I'll actually mourn - and then I'll cry from joy. She's wonderful.
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