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Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.


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Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.



Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.



There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.



Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.



Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.



Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.



It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?



Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.



Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.



A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.





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But things change, people change, Gaby. Otherwise what would be the point of living?

But things change, people change, Gaby. Otherwise what would be the point of living?



Successful people go through fear to get to where they are.

Successful people go through fear to get to where they are.



It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix. It's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix. It's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.



Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.



No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.



I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas

I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas



Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.

Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.



What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.



I don't want to wear your dad's clothes. He hates me." "You'd rather wear mine?" Nash scowled.

I don't want to wear your dad's clothes. He hates me." "You'd rather wear mine?" Nash scowled.



The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.




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