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Libraries...house our dreams.
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I think speeches and fruit should always be fresh.
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I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.
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I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
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I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people; I do not lead the people.
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History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what happened.
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I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.
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Who I am really keeps surprising me.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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I am a big fan of the electronic book. I hate to see the old bookstores close, but they have to reinvent themselves. I believe the First Edition bookstore will be the next thing. People will read electronically, then decide they want to own that book. The author will then be invited to the old bookstores to sign. I think books will always be with us, but they will fill a different need.
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If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.
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I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on time But then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuse My hungry heart
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Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.
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I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.
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You have to use what you have in order to get what you need and the people can not be rich unless somebody is rich. The Hip-Hop generation has carried more people with it than any other enterprise Black Americans have had.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.
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Show me someone not full of herself and I'll show you a hungry person.
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America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other nation. America is a heterogeneous nation of many different people of different races, religions, and creeds. Should this experiment go forth and prosper, we will have offered humans a new way to look at life; should it fail, we will simply go the way of all failed civilizations.
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I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.
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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.
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We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.
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Rage is to writers what water is to fish.
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I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.
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School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.