June Jordan Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.

Joe Namath

AnimalProblemsThinkProblemAlways

I was an aid worker for a decade and then worked in the voluntary sector in the U.K. on U.K. child poverty and with the NSPCC and Save the Children. But I had worked for ten years with Oxfam.

Jo Cox

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I wrote a lot of 'A Time to Kill' at the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., hiding in little committee rooms, killing time waiting for legislation to come to the floor.

John Grisham

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I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and a fairly complete on-line portfolio, as well as offering an opportunity to write a little.

John Howe

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In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.

Rudolf Arnheim

ImmigrantsAlienLandSimplyArrival

Feeling a few nerves is necessary and positive. That tension is a good thing: it's a sign that you're doing something you like, that you're passionate about, and about which you have a great sense of responsibility and respect for.

Julen Lopetegui

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As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

Jean de la Bruyere

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If you could taste words, most corporate websites, brochures, and sales materials would remind you of stale, soggy rice cakes: nearly calorie free, devoid of nutrition, and completely unsatisfying.

Jason Fried

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Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.

Chuck Grassley

IntegrityTrustResearchFinancial

Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of logic you would find in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica for instance. It looked more like mathematics; no formalized language was used.

Alonzo Church

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If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

William Shakespeare

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Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

Shawn Achor

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