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phillyfanjd32 karma

Is it mandatory to say Ryan Lewis' full name, whenever he's mentioned in a conversation?

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It's a slight re-wording of a Maya Angelou quote:

"One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest." — Maya Angelou

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I'm obviously not Shane but here's my list of my favorite slam/spoken word poets, in no particular order (Some of these poets are also musicians so a few of them border on rap/dub poetry):

Saul Stacey Williams

Kate Tempest

Shane Koyczan

Billy Bragg

dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip

Lillian Allen

Steven Wells

Joolz Denby

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Attila the Stockbroker

Murray Lachlan Young

Buddy Wakefield

Benjamin Zephaniah

John Cooper Clarke

Rives (check out his TED Talks)

Lemn Sissay

Joshua Walters

Carvens Lissaint

Adam A. Anderson

Franny Choi

Reg E. Gaines

Lemon Andersen

Kemi Alabi

Jeanann Verlee

Sarah Kay

Taalam Acey

Sarah Jones (stage actress, poet)

Andrea Gibson

Derrick C. Brown

Mighty Mike McGee

Bao Phi

Ishle Yi Park

Bonafide Rojas

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Beau Sia

Greives (underground rapper)

Guante (Kyle Tran Myhre)

Bassey Ikpi

Taiyo Na

Denice Frohman

Yellow Rage

Quite a few of these poets have TED Talks, so feel free to look for those.

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How does someone become a bounty hunter?