Nikki Giovanni Quotes

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.

Nikki Giovanni

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 7, 1943

Topics

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How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

John C. Maxwell

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My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

Maya Lin

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The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

Robert Lepage

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Grit may carry risk because it's about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.

Angela Duckworth

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The good thing about being nervous is that you perform better.

Amir Khan

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For the most part, I really love being in a collaborative thing. And in a collaborative thing if you have a singer as good as Sean Smith or Eddie Vedder, you kind of think, well, why don't you just go ahead and let them sing? People seem to really like it.

Stone Gossard

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I won't be able to live without my guitar, my phone or my boots on tour.

Skylar Laine

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When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

Steve Valentine

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I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance.

Tracy McGrady

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I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions.

Judy Biggert

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On the one hand, I'm this guy who grew up in the suburbs of New York City to very conservative parents, and the other side of me is fascinated by the peripheries of our culture, maybe because that's where our culture is most in transition and where there's likely to be conflict.

Chris Bohjalian

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No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

Bram Stoker

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