Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

"I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy."
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"I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy."
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"“I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.”"
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"Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying."
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"A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it."
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"Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together."
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"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it."
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"I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me."
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"We love because it's the only true adventure."
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"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try."
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"The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity."
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"We love because it is the only true adventure."
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"I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't."
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"It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend."
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"Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts."
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"Today I am 65 years old. I still look good. I appreciate and enjoy my age. A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. You still bring to bear all your prior experience, but you are riding on another level. It's completely liberating."
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"You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write."
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"His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LASTBut death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence"
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"I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on time But then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuse My hungry heart"
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"Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are."
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"i move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't."
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