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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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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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But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. – June Jordan

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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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I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties in fact, Im the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, Im always working or promoting something. – Paris Hilton

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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. – Elizabeth Drew

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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didnt know really know what I would do to get there. – Rachel Stevens

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I see my path, but I dont know where it leads. Not knowing where Im going is what inspires me to travel it. – Rosalia de Castro

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