"I think that the language that we use is a ritual, that my [maternal] grandmother was called "Big Mama" is a ritual, that my daughter calls my father "Baba" and my mother "Mama" is a ritual. There are common African-American rituals that are a part of my experience. If I ever get married some day I would like to jump the broom."

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Jamilah Lemieux

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“Your true passion should feel like breathing; itâ€™s that natural.”
“Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.”
“Itâ€™s not only for unanswered questions that we seek knowledge but also for the examination of unquestioned answers.”
“This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.”

Source : "The Trouble With Senator Tom Daschle". www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2003.
“Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.”
“I carried it too far, thats for sure.”
“...I think finding that room to make pictures that don't jump off the wall as, or detonate as dramatic, either in lighting or in form or in composition or in subject matter, but more ordinary, that's the challenge.”
“An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.”

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