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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.

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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Around
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Nina
Doe
Incredibly
Still
Stay
Music
Honest
Good
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Jesus

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Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.
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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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Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands alone.
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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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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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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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I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
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Death is a slave's freedom.
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It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.
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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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Who I really am keeps surprising me.
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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.
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Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
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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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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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Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.
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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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Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-
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