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I offer you what I have my Poverty


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Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.

Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.



From what we cannot hold the stars are made.

From what we cannot hold the stars are made.



Your absence has gone through me

Your absence has gone through me



come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain

come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain



On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree

On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree



We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.



I say to my breath once again, little breath come from in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.

I say to my breath once again, little breath come from in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.



Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.



The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.

The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.



Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.





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One gets ‘headaches’, because he gives headache to others.

One gets ‘headaches’, because he gives headache to others.



For now, let us simply observe that the assault on human dignity is one of the prime goals of the visitation of fear, a prelude to the domination of the mind and the triumph of power

For now, let us simply observe that the assault on human dignity is one of the prime goals of the visitation of fear, a prelude to the domination of the mind and the triumph of power



He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions!

He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions!



There are no extraordinary people only ordinary people who do extraordinary things with what they've been given

There are no extraordinary people only ordinary people who do extraordinary things with what they've been given



If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now.

If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now.



The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.



I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.



Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - not our political opponents, and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker, who would have us believe.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - not our political opponents, and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker, who would have us believe.



There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.

There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.



The cube and the sphere are the sole working tools of creation

The cube and the sphere are the sole working tools of creation




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