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I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here i

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didnt know the poems would travel. I didnt go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic. – 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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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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That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. – June Jordan

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I have to travel a lot for work. – James Purefoy

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I just see too many people retire and say, Im going to take off, travel, spend time with my family and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer. – Terry Bradshaw

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Im a big fan of doing Triple D. But I dont want to do it forever, dont get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same. – Guy Fieri

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I would like to host a show, something like travel or cooking or something like that, something Im really interested in, and so Im pitching a couple television shows. – Trishelle Cannatella

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If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. – Author Unknown

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I love chicken fingers, I love French fries. I love desserts. Im not just into dessert or just into savoury food. I love it all. Im a pig. I love food. So it takes a lot of discipline to eat healthy. – Holly Madison

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America Im putting my queer shoulder to the wheel. – Allen Ginsberg

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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. – Sheryl Crow

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