See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.
LAURYN HILLSee fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.
More Lauryn Hill Quotes
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If you love something and if you’re committed and diligent – the things happen!
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How you gon’ win when you ain’t right within. Uh uh come again.
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I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
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I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don’t have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little.
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As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.
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Hypocrites always wanna play innocent.
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Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world’s concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
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Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.
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It’s silly when girls sell their souls because it’s in.
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The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I’m not available.
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Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there.
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We don’t want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.
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A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what’s in our hearts.
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I think everything happens in time. There’s a time for everything. There’s a time to be in a group, and there’s a time to be solo.
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We’ve got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.
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Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.
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God teaches me about reality, so when he tells me to do something, I do, because I’m led to.
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I have inner peace. It’s a different person.
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The sweetest thing I’ve ever known was like the kiss on the collarbone.
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We can’t plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
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You don’t know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It’s all in the practice.
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Tomorrow is always another day to make things right.
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In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.
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Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks.
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I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.
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Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem!
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