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Rage is to writers what water is to fish.

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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Fishes
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Water
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If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.
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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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When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being Homo sapiens was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.
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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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Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.
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It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
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Floating to shore...riding a low moon...on a slow cloud.
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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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Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
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Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.
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There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.
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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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We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
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[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.
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School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.
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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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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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The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.
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