Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes
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.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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People think that I changed my name. I could've been an actress, a superhero, or a stripper.
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Growing up in Rhode Island, I dreamed of a career in law enforcement. That hasn't worked out exactly as I had planned, but life seldom does.
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Devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever.
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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.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.