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The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. Nikki Giovanni civilizationdeclineimagine Change image and share on social
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. Nikki Giovanni cowgladiatormake Change image and share on social
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. Nikki Giovanni humanspirittame Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself. Rollie Fingers autobiographytalk Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. Ann Bancroft lousyluckyreader Change image and share on social