Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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God is decisively drawn to the humble.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
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Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pressures to bear on the Fed. In terms of openness about our financial accounts, we are extensively audited.
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I wish I had paid more attention in my psych class in college. I would've had a broader vocabulary to draw from.
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Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.
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I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
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I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.
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[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.
