Vanessa L. Williams Quotes

• I try to incorporate faith every day, to not remind myself of past failures, to learn how to forgive and to trust the future.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Past, Forgiving, Trying

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• The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Fighting, People, Wiser You

  "Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom". Interview with Ashley Strickland, www.cnn.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I'm not perfect, but I'm focused when I have a goal.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Perfect, Goal, Focused

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• Sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you cannot see.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Relationship, Sometimes, One Thing

  Song: Save the Best for Last, Album: The Comfort Zone

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• Success is the sweetest revenge.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Success, Revenge, Sweetest

  Twitter post from Mar 26, 2016

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• Sometimes the snow comes down in June, sometimes the sun goes around the moon.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Moon, June, Snow

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• You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Believe, People, Naysayers

  "Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom". Interview with Ashley Strickland, www.cnn.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.

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  Daughter, Mother, Personality

  "Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom". Interview with Ashley Strickland, www.cnn.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Mom, Kids, Vacation

  "Vanessa Williams: 'Vacation'". Interview with Tatiana Morales, www.cbsnews.com. April 06, 2004.

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• Love breaks your heart, love takes no less than everything. Love makes it hard, and it fades away so easily.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Romantic, Heart, Break

  Song: Love Is

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• Broadway is really my life.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Broadway

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• The greatest thing about being a mother so young, I had my first child at 24, is that I cook, I clean, I love to be independent and kind of hate to be waited on and hate to be taken care of. So, I guess that demonstrates my fiercely independent nature which is kind of anti what I portray on a weekly basis.

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  Mother, Children, Hate

  Source: aalbc.com

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• And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Thinking, World

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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• In this world we've created
  Where this place that we live
  in a blink of an eye the darkness slips in
  Love lights the world
  Unites the love that's for eternity.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Music, Eye, Light

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• You wondered how you'd make it through. I wondered what was wrong with you. Because how could you give your love to someone else, yet share your dreams with me? Sometimes the only thing you're looking for, is the one thing you can't see.

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  Love, Heartbreak, Dream

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• I don't draw attention to myself or have security pushing people away.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  People, Attention, Pushing

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I love the French horn.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Horns, French Horn

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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• Cause there was a time when all I did was wish
  You'd tell me this was love.
  It's not the way I hoped
  Or how I planned
  But somehow it's enough.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Music, Wish, Way

  Song: Save the Best for Last, Album: The Comfort Zone

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• Salsa is a phenomenal way to stay fit, have a great time with your friends and listen to great music.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Way, Great Music, Fit

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Summer, Teacher, Parent

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• Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.

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  Mom, School, Kids

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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• Here we are standing face to face, isn't this world a crazy place, just when I thought the chance had passed, you go and save the best for last.

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  Crazy, Together, World

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• I go out and salsa with friends, especially in the summertime. Now that's incredible cardio!

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Summertime, Incredibles, Salsa

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• I'm not shooting every day of the week, which allows me to fly home to be with my kids for the weekends. That's how I keep it moving.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Moving, Home, Kids

  Source: aalbc.com

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• And when people give me their word, I listen to them.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  People, Giving, Give Me

  "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.

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