Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Nikki Grimes Quotes

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. That's just the nature of the beast.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: October 20, 1950

Topics

Life Nature Beast Way Always Just

As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.

Influence You Playing Underneath Far

It seems to work out that following anything you do, you are pretty much approached with versions of the last thing people saw you in.

Work People You Out Anything Pretty

A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future, so we count it lost.

Jennifer Holliday

Love Future Picture Lost Kind Way

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my own form, in one way or another, whatever that would be.

Work Artist Create Want Kind Way

For guys, I don't think you're ever ready... I don't think you wake up and go, 'You know, today's the day I'm going to get married. By God, I'm ready. My house is in order, and it is time.'

God Today Time Day Wake Up Think

If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death.

Death Kiss Long Easy You Edge

The real scares on CNN, etc. and the scares in a movie, like 'The Purge,' are totally different. One of the ways you can tell when someone, whether it's a film maker or executive or producer, wants to make a scary movie but doesn't understand that distinction is they'll want to recreate too much of what's on TV.

Someone You Too Much Want Understand

I have rhythm, but I'm not a trained dancer.

Rhythm Dancer Trained

Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.

End You Know End Of The Tunnel Never

I think that's something that's hard for this country to address, is what the real issues are and coming to the point where we can admit that these are issues. Once we admit that, we can deal with it, we can fix them, and we can make this country and these communities a better place.

Colin Kaepernick

Think Better Country Admit Place

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Wealth Fame True Become Drink More

I loved getting tutored and having that one-on-one attention that you sometimes do not get in regular school.

School Loved Attention You Sometimes

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Nikki Grimes