Nikki Grimes Quotes
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
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The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.
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If we are to be good stewards of the ocean, we need to understand what lives there and how the animals interact with each other and with their environment, which means we need to be constantly seeking new and improved methods for exploration and observation.
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Scripture tells us that in our sufferings there is glory, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. Sometimes the truths of these words are hard to see. Right now, those words test us. Because the people of Dallas, people across the country, are suffering.
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Since only an individual man can possess rights, the expression 'individual rights' is a redundancy (which one has to use for purposes of clarification in today’s intellectual chaos). But the expression 'collective rights' is a contradiction in terms.
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I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job or suffered under the despotic rule of a tyrannical chef or boobish owner.
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I'm definitely looking forward to DJing in Scotland again. There's always fun and a great party vibe.
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It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions.
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As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.
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If a dream is in your heart, you never lose it.
