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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I can not get over everything you did for me in that first day for his support to hang her works on the 7th Impressionist exhibition, Spring 1882, it seems to me that you are working yourself to death, and all on my account. This touches me deeply and vexes me at the same time.
Berthe Morisot
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Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available.
Chuck Klosterman
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Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.
Bob Ehrlich
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I'm a real fan of that Foster the People song 'Pumped Up Kicks.'
Charles Kelley
Lady Antebellum
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Neither my fiance nor I take ourselves too seriously, and we want our wedding to reflect our lightheartedness.
Leah Pipes
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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.