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Judith Lynne Hanna

"The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stressors of maturation, aggressive personal feelings, and violence in the society at large. Through dancing, the youths expressed raw power and rage while achieving euphoria, enhanced self-concept, and a healthy fatigue."

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.175, Rowman Altamira

Judith Lynne Hanna

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“Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more wars, more graves to receive more flowers on future Memorial Days. The memory of the dead deserves a different dedication. To peace, to defiance of governments.”

Source : Howard Zinn (2011). “The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy”, p.331, Seven Stories Press
“It's possible to keep drawing this moment out, any moment, hammering it thinner and thinner like beaten gold, like iced chablis, whipping it, whipping it to cheap perfume, each word blown to aneurysm.”
“Youâ€™re crying.â€ â€œIâ€™m not.â€ â€œRight,â€ he said mildly. â€œI suppose you got rained on.”
“When the enemy attacks you, it means you are on the right road.”
“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.”
“The paintings usually start as abstracts and then I look at them and look at them, and like a Rorschach test, I try and see what it is.”

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“Anything is of course inexhaustible, because at each moment the brain has a different pattern to construct.”
“Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.”

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