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There are things you stand up for because it’s right.

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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Right
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We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.
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Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
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The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself where once he had he, he now has she and they.
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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 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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Who I really am keeps surprising me.
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go barefoot and be warm all the time not only when you go to bed and sleep
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Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.
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We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.
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We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.
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I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.
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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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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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We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
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I am so hip even my errors are correct
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My dream is a red dress Above my knees High-heel red sandals And me coming over the top The music booming Hi Howie I will say With a lovely smile I don't want to play the game I want to be it.
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I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.
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[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming.
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The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.
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We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.
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