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I don't have a life-style, I have a life.

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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There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.
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Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.
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The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
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I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.
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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
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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 are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.
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Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy
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We need to make sure our children travel to see things. Not necessarily long distances but at least out of the neighborhood. On a train. A boat. An airplane.
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We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.
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Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.
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I appreciate and enjoy my age.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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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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A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.
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and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it
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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'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.
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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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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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