"I had to confront my fears and master……" — Lauryn Hill
"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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93 Quotes by Lauryn Hill
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I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me.
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I keep letting you back in. How can I explain myself? As painful as this thing has been, I just…
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Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!
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I got moxie, I'm so damn cocky. Industry tried to block me like cops and paparazzi.
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I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete…
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When I create music, the feeling that you get... I get first. You [the listener] have a delayed experience with…
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A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you…
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If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do…
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See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.
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The sweetest thing I've ever known was like the kiss on the collarbone, the soft caress of happiness, the way…
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Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy…
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I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness
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