Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.
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I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I'm unusual among the writers I know in that respect.
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God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.
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McGregor is a businessman through and through. He's obviously a wrestling fan.
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I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.
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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
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Elimination race is my thing. I really enjoy that event.
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We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
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You need to have time to really hear God.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
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Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
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The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.
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I think I need to continue to think and plan and marry all of the different things that we could do that make transportation in space from the earth to the space station, from the earth to the moon to space stations around the moon to visiting an asteroid.
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A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts.
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I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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In the governor's race, Chris Bell has as good a shot as anybody in a four-way race. If Bell holds on to his base and connects with some people who are tired of the way things are going, he could win.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
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A good storyteller never lets the facts get in the way.
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I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.
