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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.


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Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?



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The 'Wild West' is a good description of law enforcement in the desert southwest USA.



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If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we anticipate.



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An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.




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