Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
Oskar Schindler -
Marriage has made me safer.
Kate Winslet -
Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
Vikram Seth -
I'm very wary of news on television.
Val Kilmer -
The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
Oskar Schindler -
I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
Natalie Cole
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
Rahm Emanuel -
You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
Nastia Liukin -
More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
Walt Alston -
Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
Barry Bonds -
Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
Rachel Sklar -
Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
Octavia Spencer
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
Walter Kohn -
I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
Caity Lotz -
Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
Tadashi Yanai -
On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
Daniel Barenboim -
I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
Victoria Aveyard -
I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
Viktor Orban
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Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.
Muhammad Ali -
When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.
Chester Bennington Linkin Park -
I emphasize the dual mission of the Life Cube Project: involving as many members of the community as possible; and encouraging people to write down their goals, ambitions and wishes. I hope that the concept has an impact on these students' lives - that would be my dream.
Scott Cohen -
My greatest love in life is to develop projects. I just get a huge kick out of that. I've been doing it since ever I could.
Andrew Forrest -
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.