Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. -H. L. Mencken

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For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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The new dawn blooms as we free it, For there is always light, If only we're brave enough to see it, If only we're brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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There is power in being robbed & still choosing to dance. ― Amanda Gorman

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We were told to never use I when writing, because eliminating this voice makes arguments legitimate. But we realize there is nothing that convinces like the self does - our life, our body & its beating, proving it's own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased. ― Amanda Gorman,

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I think the American Dream should be about a greater progressive legislation that allows for what I call a necessary future world of cooperational humanism. - Bobby Seale

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“It’s said that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light. ― Amanda Gorman

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I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music. They just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male. ― Kurt Cobain

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The Afro-American is not a bestial race. - Ida B. Wells

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By Goodbye, we truly mean: Let us be able to say hello again. ― Amanda Gorman

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