Nikki Giovanni

• “Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream – they go together.” -Nikki Giovanni

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  poetry

• “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

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  life

• “I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.” -Nikki Giovanni

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  learning

• “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.” -Nikki Giovanni

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  history

• “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

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  failure

• “For most of my life, I’ve thought of myself as pretty cool.” -Nikki Giovanni

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  cool

• “Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.” -Nikki Giovanni

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  change

• I appreciate and enjoy my age. – Nikki Giovanni

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  –Nikki Giovanni

  age

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