Quote by June Jordan
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. – June Jordan

Other quotes by June Jordan

We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

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Black History
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The courts cannot garnish a fathers salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat. – June Jordan

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car
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It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. – Ivan Pavlov

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respect

I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense. – Tina Weymouth

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respect

If I am still doing what Im doing and I still have respect in this town, havent done anything completely and utterly stupid, then Ill be happy with myself. – Jeremy London

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respect

Its always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project – let alone writes a part with your voice in mind. – Chris Messina

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respect

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The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Category:
Learning

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation. – Walter Benjamin

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Knowledge

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again. – Bobby Jindal

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Health

Its not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6. – Tabitha Soren

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Morning