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“As you get older, there are going to be a few more challenges, but thankfully I'm still feeling good.”

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Born on November 18, 1985, Allyson Felix is a renowned track and field athlete. She has achieved numerous world records and Olympic gold medals in sprinting and relay races, becoming a top athlete in the women's sprinting field. more

“Jackie Joyner-Kersee is actually someone I have a personal relationship with and who continues to do amazing things in her community. I continue to be inspired by her. If I can emulate myself after someone it's her and I just hope to have that effect on my community and continue to go on to do things like she has.”

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“When I came into the job, funding for the humanities at the federal level was being drastically cut. This was the high tide of the new Republican Congress.”

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Author:Robert Hass

“Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs.”

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“I was aware that a quarter of the children in the country are born in poverty, and that the condition of public schools in California was disastrous.”

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Author:Robert Hass

“I thought it was irrelevant to talk about what a wonderful thing poetry was if you didn't teach people to read.”

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Author:Robert Hass

“You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.”

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Author:Robert Hass

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