"Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way."

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Source : Nikki Giovanni (1994). “Racism 101”, William Morrow & Co

Nikki Giovanni

#Happiness Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Success Quotes

“Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know.”
“Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.”
“The footprint of the savage traced in the sand is sufficient to attest the presence of man to the atheist who will not recognize God, whose hand is impressed upon the entire universe.”
“I've wondered what my sexuality might be, but I've never wondered whether it was acceptable or not. Anyway, who really cares whether I'm gay or straight?”
“Confession is a kind of pride.”
“Some atheists are quite explicit that their atheism comes first. One of the most famous is Richard Lewontin, a professor of genetics, who said it wasn't science that compelled him to accept a materialistic explanation of the universe. It was an a priori materialism.”
“When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it.”
“She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes between a man and woman. As it is, she simply enjoys the feelings and wonders if they are what lightning is made of, for everything comes back to the weather. Tears like rain. Smiles like the sun. Hair as dry as sand and fear like the dark ocean.”

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