Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and it's about making your giving matter more to you.
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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I hate morning workout; I'm a night person more. But it's good to work out in the mornings because then you can have all day free.
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It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.
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Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.
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High time they put the RAF in kilts.
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I love going on book tours because it's an opportunity to connect with the people that matter most to my brand.
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It is a curious fact that with Through the Looking-Glass the faculty of making book illustrations departed from me. … I have done nothing in that direction since.
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You're only as good as your last book.
