"What's important about poetry in the context of leadership is that most of the time, power has to do with dominance. But poetry is never about dominance. Poetry is powerful but it cannot even aspire to dominate anyone. It means making a connection. That's what it means."

-- June Jordan

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“I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.”

Source : Phoebe Stone (2012). “The Boy on Cinnamon Street”, p.135, Scholastic Inc.
“I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.”

Source : CNN's "Inside Politics Weekend" with Jeanne Meserve, www.cnn.com. July 7, 1996.
“Among our crimes oblivion may be set.”
“I just feel exciting.”
“In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.”

Source : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (2010). “The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows”, p.220, Delacorte Press
“Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life.”

Source : Sir Edwin Arnold (1893). “The Light of the World, Or, The Great Consummation”
“It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society.”
“Pursue truth and people will be true to you.”

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