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It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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School
Controls
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Education

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I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.
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We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.
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I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.
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God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.
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If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.
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Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, Why does Jesus' word still stay around? It's incredibly honest and it's good.
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I appreciate and enjoy my age.
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You're only as good as your last book.
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Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.
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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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I think speeches and fruit should always be fresh.
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I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people I do not lead the people.
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A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked... . We as black people, we as people, we as the human species have got to get used to the fact we're not going to be right most of the time, not even when our intentions are good. We've got to go naked and see what happens.
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Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.
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We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
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A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will have a black mind.
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If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
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