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Poetry is the most mistaught subject in any school because we teach poetry by form and not by content.
Nikki Giovanni
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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
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Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.
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Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.
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Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.
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We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about who buys my work, or who likes it, and who doesn't. The people who I want to be proud of me already are.
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Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them... In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.
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Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.
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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 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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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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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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I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.
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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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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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We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all praises), the only group that derives its identity from itself.
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I don't have a life-style, I have a life.
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I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.
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