Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about who buys my work, or who likes it, and who doesn't. The people who I want to be proud of me already are.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Herford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hans Blix 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Horner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Berrigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Cormier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm not going to do jokes about anything crude because I'm bigger and better than that.' But then, I don't know... It makes me laugh, so I started doing it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Whitehall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garrett Dillahunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Levenson