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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I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.
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If you feel like you've got a concussion, if you don't know, if you take the test whatever, if you feel like you've got a concussion, the biggest thing is rest, man. Cause you usually compound your injury so much if you go back out there, and we all know that now.
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Every day, God has something to say to you. Even when He seems to be quiet, God is still saying something.
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I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me
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The single biggest reason why the vast majority of people go nowhere in life is because they don't or won't take risks. They take the easy way out, the path of least resistance. You don't make it big that way. Ever.
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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
