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My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.

Michael Franti
Hurt, Fighting, Names
"'The troops thought: this guy's got balls'". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2006.
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.