Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
Xun Kuang
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I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I think, going back to the beginning, feeling like an alien in an English school when I was eight, that set up my pride very early on. I think I'm very defensive, but I'm trying not to be like that anymore.
Maggie Cheung
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When I was ten years old, I had great pride in myself, which sometimes even took the form of boasting and self-praise; although I myself did not want to, I used to assume the air of someone undertaking some great work and mighty act of heroism.
Said Nursi
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I've taken great pride in not being fragile.
Carli Lloyd
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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
Dan Gable
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Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body.
Nathan Deal
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I am truly miserable - more so than I like to acknowledge to myself. Pride refuses to aid me. It has brought me into the scrape, and will not help me out of it.
Anne Bronte
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I'm always fighting either to have a house work with us or to head a house. It's a lifestyle I can totally see: the future, modern Versailles, modern Versace, modern Calabasas, paparazzi, celebrity language. I just want to build a collection that's around me and my wife and my kids.
Kanye West
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
Randy Pausch
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I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.
Brandi Chastain
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The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.