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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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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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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I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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Any negotiated, peaceful solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not imply force or the use of force, must be addressed in accordance with international principles and norms.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist.
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Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?
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I don't have a life-style, I have a life.
