"Consciousness is not the ineluctable starting point for self-understanding because there is a difference between being conscious and understanding oneself as a conscious being. The difference is between being in a certain state and knowing oneself to be in a certain state."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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“I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come 'round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you've just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips then let them part, just the slightest bit, when I lean in to your space and kiss you. I want to know the joy of how you whisper "more”
“To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.”
“For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth. The literacy rate is 96 percent.”
“If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.”
“If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.”

Source : Song: Is That All There Is?, 2003
“I've discovered that people don't actually want to have things spoiled, and they really try to avoid spoilers.”
“To all the dreamers out there, don't give up on your dreams.”
“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires ...”

Source : June Jordan (2009). “Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays”, p.137, Basic Books

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