Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni
Speaking at Emory University, photo by Brett Weinstein (6 February 2008)
Born: 7 June 1943, Knoxville, Tennessee
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- 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. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - Black love is black wealth. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the future. When I went to college I became a history major because history is such a wonderful story of who we think we are. English is much more a story of who we really are. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - I am so hip even my errors are correct. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - 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. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - 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. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - 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. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - If I could come back as anything — I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice. permalink
Nikki Giovanni - If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. permalink
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