Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
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For the first ten years after I got out of graduate school, I studied success. I read every book I could get my hands on and took every training I could find, and that allowed me to become an expert in this area. I learned how to create high self-esteem and success in my own life and in the lives of others.
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Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
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People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.
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I don't believe in regret.
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You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
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If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want
