- I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-been. 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, 1984
- I like to tell the truth as I see it. That's why literature is so important. We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people. It's not a ladder we are climbing, it's literature we're producing, and there will always be someone to read it. - Nikki Giovanni 1984
- Poor people are allowed the same dreams as everyone else. - Kimi Gray, 1988
- America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet. - Dick Gregory, The Shadow that Scares Me, 1968
- I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. - Dick Gregory, 1964
- When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps. - Dick Gregory, 1964
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