Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.
Fiona Apple -
Religion is induced insanity.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair -
I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
Irvine Welsh -
Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
Taylor Swift -
I love New York. Love it.
Taraji P. Henson
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn -
I was raised thinking that the world would end in 1975 - that Armageddon would come when I was 18 years old.
Faye Resnick -
I've known Bret Michaels forever.
Eddie Trunk -
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.
Victor Hugo -
Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
Naomi Wolf -
For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.
Abby Wambach
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I talk too much.
Vin Diesel -
Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs.
Damon Lindelof -
Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
Ralph Marston -
reasonable men, they went because we were there. There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads-they couldn’t be fair if they tried.
Harper Lee -
(On airplane etiquette) Although reclining your seat is technically your right, just like free speech if you exercise it to your limits everyone around you will think you're an asshole. 18
Ze Frank -
For how long is it a duty to study the Law? To the day of death.
Maimonides
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It’s like this: if you have one piece of cake, and you eat it, that’s fine. If you have two pieces of cake, you should probably share some with a friend. But maybe not. Occasionally we could all use two pieces of cake. But if you have a whole cake, and you eat *all* of it, that’s not very cool. It’s not just selfish, it’s kinda sick and unhealthy.
Patrick Rothfuss -
Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then.
Alison Bechdel -
I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.
Sam Shepard -
What do I geek out about? What am I? Hmmm. I love movies. I watch movies. I like big, sweeping epics, like Ed Zwick stuff: 'The Last Samurai,' 'Legends of the Fall,' 'Blood Diamond,' 'Glory.'
Chris Evans -
It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.
Ricky Ponting -
Floating to shore...riding a low moon...on a slow cloud.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.