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I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Jr
Beings
Actually
Experience
Ever
Human
Humans
Fascinated

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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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We are better than we think and not yet what we want to be.
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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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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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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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I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people I do not lead the people.
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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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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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The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
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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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My dream is a red dress Above my knees High-heel red sandals And me coming over the top The music booming Hi Howie I will say With a lovely smile I don't want to play the game I want to be it.
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I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.
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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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School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.
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