Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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I don't want to die an old lady.
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I didn't know if I could make a good movie. But I knew I could make a respectful one.
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One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.
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We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
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I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.
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Of all the created things or beings in the universe, it is the two-legged men alone, who if they purify and humiliate themselves, may become one with - or may know - Wakan-Tanka.
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Find purpose. The means will follow.
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Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.
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The atmosphere is blue by reason of the darkness above it because black and white make blue.
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One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality.
