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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

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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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But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. – 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 Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like Im ready to start my season at Augusta. – Tiger Woods

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If you are killed because you are a writer, thats the maximum expression of respect, you know. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They dont even have to like your music. If youre big enough, people are drawn to you. – Jay-Z

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Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem. – John Barton

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I feel like a good mom. Im a strong woman now… Dont look down on me. Pray for me because Im trying. – Fantasia Barrino

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Perseverance… keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery. – William Shakespeare

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