Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I don't like a lot of rehearsing.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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I was very excited to work with Nick Jarecki and, of course, to be in a film with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon!
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.
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Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.
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I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.
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My style is to have a big vision, a big commitment.
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I don't have a life-style, I have a life.
