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> [I do know that if you can name certain things and understand them, it allows you to make better choices. Unfortunately, there's so much misinformation that towers over a person's head, it's really difficult to make the right decisions. Consequently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-do-know-that-if-you-can-name-certain-things-and-understand-them-it/)

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## More by Jimmy Santiago Baca

> [I culled poetry from odors, sounds, faces, and ordinary events occurring around me. Breezes bulged me as if I were cloth; sounds nicked their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-culled-poetry-from-odors-sounds-faces-and-ordinary-events-occurring/)

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> [“They turn the water off, so I live without water, they build walls higher, so I live without treetops, they paint the windows black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/they-turn-the-water-off-so-i-live-without-water-they-build-walls/)

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> [Every poem is an infant labored into birth and I am drenched with sweating effort, tired from the pain and hurt of being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/every-poem-is-an-infant-labored-into-birth-and-i-am-drenched-with/)

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> [I do know that if you can name certain things and understand them, it allows you to make better choices. Unfortunately, there's so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-do-know-that-if-you-can-name-certain-things-and-understand-them-it/)

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> [“It's the process of making-do, of the life I've lived between breakdowns and break-ups, that has made life worth living. I could not bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/it-s-the-process-of-making-do-of-the-life-i-ve-lived-between/)

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> [I can't stand the comfort zone. So many people I know, their parents give them their homes, and they get married and have children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-can-t-stand-the-comfort-zone-so-many-people-i-know-their-parents/)

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> [Literacy is freedom, and everyone has something significant to say,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/literacy-is-freedom-and-everyone-has-something-significant-to-say/)

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> [I sat back in my wooden chair as they signed the paperwork and stared down at the arm rests, studying the various layers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-sat-back-in-my-wooden-chair-as-they-signed-the-paperwork-and-stared/)

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> [Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/americans-would-have-a-right-to-go-to-war-with-the-iraqis-if-we-could/)

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> [We're all self-destructive when we're young. We all rebel. If we don't, there's something wrong. But when a Chicano kid's in a rebellious state,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/we-re-all-self-destructive-when-we-re-young-we-all-rebel-if-we-don-t/)

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> [I believe it's our responsibility as citizens to get in there and not accept the constant failure of prisons to deal with racism, lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-believe-it-s-our-responsibility-as-citizens-to-get-in-there-and-not/)

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> [You've got to invite Native Americans to the table, and Asians, and Chicanos. You cannot keep us in the back room anymore and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/you-ve-got-to-invite-native-americans-to-the-table-and-asians-and/)

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> [“I am a face in a trance, evoking duende. My face imbues breath and stuns you with star-spirit. I am grove-face, story-teller face, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-am-a-face-in-a-trance-evoking-duende-my-face-imbues-breath-and/)

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> [I am learning to look at myself differently, to see the scattered remnants of hope and dreams and collect them again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/i-am-learning-to-look-at-myself-differently-to-see-the-scattered/)

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> [Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-santiago-baca/being-a-human-being-without-forgiveness-is-like-being-a-guitarist/)

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