Nikki Giovanni

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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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. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#better #each #everybody #much #other

We love because it's the only true adventure. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#else #understand #you #yourself

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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