Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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If you want the Migos to come to your venue, you need to have security there because of the type of music we're rappin'. We get fans excited.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.
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It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?
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I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.
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My progressive ideals are screaming in Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos book; what I believe. There is no muddying-up because of debate. You know exactly where I stand, because I put it down in the written word.
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The 'Black Panther' series was never really about the Black Panther at all. The State Department guy, Everett K. Ross, was the series protagonist, so politics was simply a logical part of the character's tool set.
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The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.
