Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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I love doing serious movies for adults.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.
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We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.
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We will just be trying to win so that we increase the gap between us and them. I thought Eastbourne bought well in the summer and I don't expect them to be languishing where they are for too long.
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Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward. I think the threat of an industry like this is that you can become sort of self-obsessed. There's so much praise being given to you - there's a real threat of exalting the ego.
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Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.
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Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.
