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Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
American Poet
Born: Jun 7, 1943
Because Believe Life People World You
Related authors: Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost T. S. Eliot Walt Whitman
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. Nikki Giovanni
You Change People World Matter Take Advantage Enjoy Once Embrace About Take Allow Never Advantage New Learn Lot New World Transition Themselves Who Therefore Resist
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. Nikki Giovanni
Life Mistakes Response Fact Counts Error
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. Nikki Giovanni
Life Myself Failure Try Mind Think About Only Forgive Really Imagine
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. Nikki Giovanni
You Yourself Else Understand Anybody Anybody Else
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. Nikki Giovanni
Truth Time Good Good Time See Get Now
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. Nikki Giovanni
You People Naked Until Because Without Got Go Lot Die Refuse Want Happen Things Guarantee
We love because it's the only true adventure. Nikki Giovanni
Love Only True Adventure Because
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. Nikki Giovanni
People World Master Likeable Slave Two Two People
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come. Nikki Giovanni
Best Believe Everything Come Because Want Now
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. Nikki Giovanni
Art Cultivate Cultivated Taste
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other. Nikki Giovanni
World Better Poet Other Everybody Would Would-Be Read Became Much Each
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again. Nikki Giovanni
You Skin Some Leave Again Them Customers Should Your Grow
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus. Nikki Giovanni
God People Black White More Deal Really Jesus
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.' Nikki Giovanni
Generation People White Think Hey Say Fact Could Like Just Created Nicest Things
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing. Nikki Giovanni
Embracing Hip-Hop Cultural Expression
Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt. Nikki Giovanni
Hurt Feelings Others Definitely Favorite Tell Would Poems Never Like Children Them
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice. Nikki Giovanni
Key Bird First Back Definitely Could Come Command Anything If I Could Choice Second
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. Nikki Giovanni
Great Garden Parents Nice Earned Summer Allowance Had Childhood Dishes Really Working Washing Daddy
I appreciate and enjoy my age. Nikki Giovanni
Age Enjoy Appreciate
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end. Nikki Giovanni
Eat Like End Up Going Artists Famine
We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to. Nikki Giovanni
You Believe Potter Because Rabbit Peter Believes
I'm just totally fascinated by people. Nikki Giovanni
People Totally Just Fascinated
For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool. Nikki Giovanni
Life Myself Thought My Life Pretty Most Cool

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