#ow

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? ↗

— Rabbi Hillel

#i #i am #me #myself #now

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#easy #go #how #know #look

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#beliefs #better #better way #cannot #commercially

People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#arena #away #beginning #being #compromised

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#come #continuous #effort #growth #only

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#believe #celebrities #celebrity #comfortably #committing