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Nikki Giovanni [1943-0] American

Rank: 101
Poet

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.

Change, Art, Cool, Failure, Learning, Love, Music, Poetry

Quote	Tags	Rank
We love because it's the only true adventure.	Love	101
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.		102
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.	Change	103
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.		104
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.		105
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.	Change	106
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.	Failure	107
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.		108
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.	Art	109
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.		110
Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.		111
I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.		112
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.	Music, Poetry	113
For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.	Cool	114
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.		115
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.		116
I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.	Learning	117
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.		118
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.		119
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.		120
There are things you stand up for because it's right.		121
The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.		122
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.		123
We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.		124
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.		125
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.		126
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.		201
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.		202
I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'		203
Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.		204
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.		205
You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.		206
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.		207
If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.		208
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.		209
I appreciate and enjoy my age.		210
I'm just totally fascinated by people.		211

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