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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

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To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And thats political, in its most profound way. – June Jordan

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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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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. – June Jordan

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Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary. – Michael Scheuer

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I said Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this. He said, oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, dont worry about it. But theyre not. – Nia Long

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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the brides attendants. – Vera Wang

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There is no excuse for perjury – never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. – Kenneth Starr

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