Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
Nas
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I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something. People will look up from their desks when you walk in. In L.A. it's, 'Oh yeah, that's a music school. What do you play?'
Finn Wittrock
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
Yitzhak Shamir
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
Vernon Howard
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
Narada Michael Walden
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The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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A stray, unthought-of five minutes may contain the event of a life, and this all-important moment - who can tell when it will be upon us?
Dean Alford
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See the lonely boy, out on the weekend,Tryin' to make it pay.Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak andCan't begin to say.
Neil Young
Buffalo Springfield
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I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there.
Sandra Bullock
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I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
Bertrand Russell
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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.