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One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! ↗

— June Jordan

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So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. ↗

— June Jordan

#among #becomes #between #dialogue #each

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' ↗

— Michael Jordan

#anything #father #know #late #never

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#because #downs #effort #focus #game

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#competition #day #every #every day #go

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#basketball #because #competitive #competitiveness #energy

I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#enjoy #gambling #i #i do #i think

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#done #game #i #me #media

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before. ↗

— Neil Jordan

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