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I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me


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Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?



To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.



Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.



Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.



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.

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.



Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.



Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?



Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?



To tell the truth is to become beautiful.

To tell the truth is to become beautiful.



If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.





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In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality.



I think everyone is throwing happy stuff at you, and that's when you come over all humbug. It's happy stuff in your face, happy stuff is being sold to you.

I think everyone is throwing happy stuff at you, and that's when you come over all humbug. It's happy stuff in your face, happy stuff is being sold to you.



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I had 3 brothers, 2 died early, and one of them was living a good long time.



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If you don't have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have.


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Living in this world, under the dominance of the ego mind, is difficult. That's the struggle.



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I think it's real important to enjoy what you do, have fun with it and not to put the pressure on yourself of everyone watching.



The reason the Democrats are so intent on passing a stem-cell bill is they're depending on the research to grow themselves a spine.

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