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Nikki Giovanni Quotes: You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.
         

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.


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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.
         



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