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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Since the world is round There is no way to walk away From each other, for even then We are coming back together. ― Amanda Gorman

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We need to be honest with the American people about the problems and the challenges ahead and the solutions that are needed to fix them. And I would argue it's the president who has been missing in action on this front. He knows we have a debt crisis coming. All independent experts show us this. And so he hasn't even given us a budget yet. I mean, the law required that he was supposed to submit a budget the first Monday in February. — Paul Ryan

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The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising. ― Amanda Gorman

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

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When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons 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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Loss is the cost of loving ― 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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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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There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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