Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj) Quotes
People's expectations of what I'm capable of doing are very low. People have been used to hearing little one-liners and me play around.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.
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There is no going back to a time when most women will feel compelled to enter or stay in a bad marriage just for economic security or social respectability. So today, the best way to get women once more interested in getting married and having children is for men to accept women's new insistence on equality. This is, I think, why educated women in America, are now more pro - marriage and more disapproving of divorce than other groups of women who have less experience with egalitarian partners or less clout in getting their needs met in relationships.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the people who have done wrong by me.
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I am one of the people who just doesn't enjoy watching myself. I wish I could! I've seen 'Deadpool' three times; the third time, it was enjoyable for me.
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People's expectations of what I'm capable of doing are very low. People have been used to hearing little one-liners and me play around.
