Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
“and everybody was happy that uncle lee was able to get that scholarship even though you wondered when you could do quadratic… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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![“The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc2/nikki-giovanni-1757_advice_the-only-advice-for-new-writers-and-poet_644351.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_nice_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.jpg)
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