Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.
Harper Lee
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But the safety of the world, in some sense, depends on your saying 'no' to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you no friends. It is costly. Yet defiance of the mob, in the service of that which is right, is one of the highest expressions of courage I know.
Gabrielle Giffords
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In my many years as a Representative in Congress it is my observation that the district that is best represented is the district that is wise enough to select a man of energy, intelligence, and integrity and reelects him year after year. A man of this type and character serves more efficiently and effectively the longer he is returned by his people.
Sam Rayburn
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The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Zig Ziglar
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He would make a good manager, but he had a little too much integrity to survive in a top job.
Jack McDevitt
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Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.
Jack McDevitt
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My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.
David Blunkett
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Almost 70 per cent of your fitness battle is won the day you realise what your body needs and when. I've made my own diets, and I decide for myself what works for me.
Arjun Rampal
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People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.
Kevin Whately
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Of course, we're so lucky to be in a time where that's not our reality anymore. I just thought it was very interesting to go back to that time now, and to look at all of these issues that are still relevant today, but just in such a different way, and to see how we approach them and try to overcome them. Yeah, we've come a long way with medicine and women's health in the Western world, but in a lot of parts of the rest of the world, that's still a huge issue.
Eve Hewson
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I like everything about acting.
Kevin Dillon
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You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your integrity.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.