Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
If you were a pure bolt of fire-cutting the skies I'd touch you-risking my life-not because I'm brave or strong, but because I'm fascinated by what the outcome would be.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
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In a democracy, power is not permanent.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach.
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In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.
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Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old.
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I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake, I don't want to be categorized with them.
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There's no real downside to any sort of work that I do. I'm all so grateful for it, but I wouldn't say that animated work is just a walk in the park. It is easy, it's really fun, but I don't know why I really stress myself out every time I'm about to go in.
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If you were a pure bolt of fire-cutting the skies I'd touch you-risking my life-not because I'm brave or strong, but because I'm fascinated by what the outcome would be.
