Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
Ralph Marston -
Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
Nancy Kerrigan -
It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova -
I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
Wendy Davis -
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
Barbara Mikulski -
Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
Jack Lemmon
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
Zac Goldsmith -
How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
Magnus Larsson -
When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Samuel Daniel -
I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
Dan Brown
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
Harland Williams -
In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
Laura Carmichael -
The under-funded and over-extended United States Patent and Trademark Office does not have the resources to adequately evaluate the burgeoning number of applications, and too many low-quality patents are being issued as a result.
Viet D. Dinh -
True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
Ian Mcewan -
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
Ingrid Newkirk -
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. Lewis
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
Frances Beinecke -
Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
G. Gordon Liddy -
Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.
Kathy Bates -
Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.
Lauren Ambrose -
Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.