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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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So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. – June Jordan

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There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. – June Jordan

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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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I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect. – Henry James

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People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. Thats how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes. – Terry Bradshaw

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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. – Dalai Lama

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