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“Bisexuals Worthy of Celebration During Black History Month: June Jordan" by Faith Cheltenham, The Huffington Post”

“We are among those who have been violated into violence.”

“In America, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. Suicide , violence , and exemplary moral courage; none of these is normal.”

“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the truth may be — that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.”

“June Jordan poems at the Academy of American Poets”

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Resonant Thoughts

"If I want drugs, I don't have to do a gig to get them. I do a gig when I feel shit, because I need to be playing. There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music"

— Pete Doherty

Music1979

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"Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light ... We all know that, as the…"

— James Thurber

Journalism1894–1961

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"I can never quite decide whether the anti-Columbus movement is merely risible or faintly sinister... It is sinister, though, because it is an ignorant celebration of stasis and backwardness, with an u…"

— Christopher Hitchens

Philosophy1949–2011

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"About once a month I run across a person who radiates an inner light. These people can be in any walk of life. They seem deeply good. They listen well. They make you feel funny and valued. You often c…"

— David Brooks (journalist)

Literature1961

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