Quotes by Nikki Giovanni
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Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
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.'
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.
I appreciate and enjoy my age.
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.
Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.
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.
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
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.
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.
For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.
If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.
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.
We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.
I'm just totally fascinated by people.
There are things you stand up for because it's right.
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.
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
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