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June Jordan Quotes

June Jordan quotes

American Writer July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002

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The courts cannot garnish a father's 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
My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair. June Jordan
In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way. June Jordan
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. June Jordan
And who will join this standing upand the ones who stood without sweet companywill sing and singback into the mountains andif necessaryeven under the sea: we are the ones we have been waiting for. June Jordan
June Jordan quote: "It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me."
It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me. June Jordan
June Jordan quote: "My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He..."
My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. June Jordan
One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! June Jordan
And then I understood that the answer is yes, yes yes: I care because I want you to care about me. I care because I have become aware of my absolute dependency upon you, whoever you are, for the outcome of my social, my democratic experience. June Jordan
June Jordan quote: "I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more..."
I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest. June Jordan
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
June Jordan quote: "We are the ones we have been waiting for."
We are the ones we have been waiting for. June Jordan
June Jordan quote: "Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth."
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. June Jordan
We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. June Jordan
June Jordan quote: "Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other..."
Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important. June Jordan

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