Nikki Giovanni Quotes - Page 8

• The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had "he," he now has "she" and "they.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Jobs, Age, Architecture

  Nikki Giovanni (1994). "Racismo 101", William Morrow & Co.

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• I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Jazz, Periods, Nina

  "Nikki Giovanni on Her Friend Nina Simone: If She Were Here, She'd Be Wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt". Interview with Lottie L. Joiner, www.theroot.com. July 20, 2016.

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• We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

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  Thinking, Trying, Needs

  "Nikki Giovanni on Her Friend Nina Simone: If She Were Here, She'd Be Wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt". Interview with Lottie L. Joiner, www.theroot.com. July 20, 2016.

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• The future is in good hands.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Manos

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• School should be eleven months of the year.

  Nikki Giovanni

  School, Years, Months

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.

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  Teacher, Giving, Nina

  "Nikki Giovanni on Her Friend Nina Simone: If She Were Here, She'd Be Wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt". Interview with Lottie L. Joiner, www.theroot.com. July 20, 2016.

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• and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it

  Nikki Giovanni

  Thinking, Typewriters, Causes

  Nikki Giovanni (1975). “The women and the men”, William Morrow &Company

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• A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.

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  Wine, Player, Tennis

  Fuente: virtualstudiosandarttherapy.wordpress.com

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• I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.

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  Human Experience, Humans, Fascinated

  Fuente: virtualstudiosandarttherapy.wordpress.com

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• Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you can't let the fact that you do something pretty good take away the joy of it.

  Nikki Giovanni

  People, Joy, Needs

  Entrevista con Nicole Sealey, mosaicmagazine.org. 6 de septiembre de 2013.

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• I always like summer
  best

  Nikki Giovanni

  Verano

  Nikki Giovanni (1974). “Ego-tripping and other poems for young people”, Lawrence Hill Books

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• The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

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  Black, Mars, Understood

  Nikki Giovanni (2009). “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

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  Children, Hero, Battle

  Nikki Giovanni (1993). “Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People”, p.49, Chicago Review Press

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• You're only as good as your last book.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Book, Lasts, Haircuts

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• God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.

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  Responsibility, Class, People

  Nikki Giovanni (1988). "Vacas sagradas... y otros comestibles", William Morrow & Co.

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• Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Book, Heart, Years

  Fuente: virtualstudiosandarttherapy.wordpress.com

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• Black Poetry is not for Black People...it is for everybody

  Nikki Giovanni

  Personas, Negros, Negras

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• If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.

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  Jobs, Want, Best Things

  Nikki Giovanni, “Choices”

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• [To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Libro, Lectura, Escritura

  Interview with Scholastic students, www.scholastic.com. 2002.

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