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Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.


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Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.



She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.



Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.



The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.



We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.



We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.



I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.



We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.



You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.



Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.





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Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!



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.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.



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In an infinite universe, every point in space-time is the center.



The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.



If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?



I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.

I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.



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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.




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