Grace Dell Nichols (Nichelle Nichols) Quotes
Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating with her learning that studio executives were withholding her fan mail, she submitted her resignation. She withdrew it when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her that her role was too important a cultural breakthrough to leave.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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Sometimes, especially when it's cold, I get dry skin, so I scratch a lot. I scratch my arms incessantly.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.
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The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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I think sexuality is fluid, and we have such a strange relationship to it in this country. It's been so fixed and so controlled for so long.
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I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the Reds. I would say I go Cubs usually. That's sort of where I grew up. My older brother was a huge Reds fan.
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This is the essential importance of the Alliance for Better Campaigns' efforts backed by Common Cause. It is our campaign to give free time to all legitimate candidates. … What our campaign asks is that the television industry yield just a tiny percentage of that windfall, less than 1 percent, to fund free airtime.
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I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
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I was invincible. I believed all my problems were gone and I finally made it, that L.A. was my answer to everything.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.
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The writer Richard Curtis is a genius.
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I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
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There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls.
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I don't really write all that well with others.
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I wish there was something where you could blink an eye and be somewhere. I'm a very nervous flier. I wish we could get from point A to point B instantly.
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Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.
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Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating with her learning that studio executives were withholding her fan mail, she submitted her resignation. She withdrew it when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her that her role was too important a cultural breakthrough to leave.
