Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all praises), the only group that derives its identity from itself.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yair Lapid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Babbitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Chopin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Barber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dana Perino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Cara Delevingne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can't inhabit my characters until I know what kind of work they do. This requires research because my jobs for the last decade have been author and professor, and I'd like to spare the world more author or professor novels. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. Esther Harding 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Venus Williams