Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in Wyoming because he's gay?
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.
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Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music videos. I've only ever been behind the camera. Never in front of it.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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I see feminism as a massive party. It's cool, the idea that 50% of the population can now start doing things and having fun and experimenting with their hair and makeup.
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God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
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You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.
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They had this movie called Juno about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and it's nominated for an Oscar. That's an unusual experience for me, 'cause when a black girl gets pregnant it ain't no Oscar. It's social work and a box of condoms is what that is.
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
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I miss the ocean. I miss diving into the cold water and coming out a new man. On the road it's hard to get that feeling. Showers are okay, but there's nothing quite like being in the ocean.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in Wyoming because he's gay?
