Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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My health is fine.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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The decision to write full time was made when I was twenty-eight years old and had just had two small plays accepted for BBC Radio.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with other nations in the world is engaging in a race to the bottom in terms of pay rates, penalty rates, protections on rosters, getting rid of family friendly provisions - that is not Australia's future.
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Everyone knows Mike Portnoy's reputation. He's a great drummer, and he helped us out in a great time of need. He really helped us get back underneath our feet and continue this band.
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I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.
