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You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.


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She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.



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Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.



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The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.



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We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.



We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.



I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.



We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.



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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.



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How few are our real wants! and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.



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The months before my son was born, I used to yell from night to morn, 'Whatever it is, I'm against it! No matter what it is or who commenced it, I'm against it!'



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I'm a better person when I'm preparing for a role, when I'm studying a role.



That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.

That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.




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This page presents the quote "You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.". Author of this quote is Nikki Giovanni. This quote is about games, teaching, play, aging, teach, playing games,.