Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.

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The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'
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Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without their permission.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah?
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
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Mother Goose, she's on the skids. Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.
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Nobody needs a mink coat but the mink.
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Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.