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We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Jr
Connect
Connection
Connections
Lonely
Less
Art

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It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
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Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.
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There are things you stand up for because it’s right.
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