Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
Walter Mosley -
My extreme characters are in a state of rebellion or who are being ostracized or being misunderstood, or misfits or trying to fit in and fighting for their rights to love, live, and co-exist. They sort of mirror my own demons.
Xavier Dolan -
I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
Randall Munroe -
This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us.
La'Porsha Renae -
I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
Dana Brunetti -
I thought of myself as an adult trapped in a kid's body. Had I known what adulthood was like, I would have embraced childhood a little more.
Gaby Hoffmann
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
Oscar de la Renta -
In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.
Vernon Howard -
With our lives and food chain set up to make us fat - I mean, you can't drive down any highway in America and find a grapefruit - a guy needs to be smarter and more determined to get lean.
David Zinczenko -
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
Pearl S. Buck -
One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.
DMX
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We cannot guarantee that a humanitarian catastrophe of the extent of the Holocaust will not happen again. On the contrary, we witness a catalogue of atrocities every day in wars across the globe.
Peter Maurer -
I’ll never forget my very first [SNL] show. I had a card in my changing room from Kristen Wiig. It just had a heart on the inside, and she’d written “Have fun.” That always stayed with me.
Nasim Pedrad -
When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
Lou Holtz -
The killing of innocent people is a sin.
Queen Noor of Jordan -
What is the relationship between spirituality and ethical practice? Since love and compassion and similar qualities all, by definition, presume some level of concern for others' well-being, they presume ethical restraint. We cannot be loving and compassionate unless at the same time we curb our own harmful impulses and desires.
Dalai Lama -
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.
Brad Warner
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I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of 'Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends' as a birthday present. It sat on my shelves for many months before I looked at it. When I did, I couldn't stop reading it.
Tariq Ali -
We're very positive. The company has made good inroads into the networking industry.
Chris Chaney Jane's Addiction -
Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
All systems require myths for their longevity.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.