June Jordan Quotes

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet.

June Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1936 - June 14, 2002

Topics

MusicTimeMyselfMeWritingPoet

My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.

Johan Cruyff

LiveChildrenFootballSocietyNow

At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.

Maya Angelou

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It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.

Andy Goldsworthy

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God, I just love 'A Journey to the End of the Millennium,' by A. B. Yehoshua. My favorite novel by an American Jew is probably 'Humboldt's Gift.'

Michael Chabon

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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

John Ruskin

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A lot of people don't believe there's evil. If there's good in this world, then you're being intellectually dishonest, if you believe there's a good power, you've also got to believe there's an evil power, too. There are physical laws that are in place.

Si Robertson

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I like Sarah Palin.

Tucker Carlson

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One of the greatest investments of our lifetime has been New York City real estate, and investors made the highest returns when they bought stuff during the 1970s and 1980s when people were getting mugged. The lesson is that you make the most money when you buy stuff that's out of consensus.

Mary Meeker

MoneyNew YorkPeopleReal Estate

Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning.

Martin Yan

SauceSoySeasoningReally

Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.

Michael McCaul

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Dogs are forever in the push up postion.

Mitch Hedberg

PushDogsUpForever

People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for.

Dennis Kucinich

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