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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes: Poetry must be capable of answering the challenge of apocalytpic times, even if this means sounding apocaltypic.
         

Poetry must be capable of answering the challenge of apocalytpic times, even if this means sounding apocaltypic.


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If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.



Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.



Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.



Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.

Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.



Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.



I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder

I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder



I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.

I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.



We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.



We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.

We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.



To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.

To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.





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We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.

We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.



Content has always driven the business. Now it's no longer the queen to a king of distribution; it is the king, king, king, because the consumer has complete choice.

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Whatever healing work we each do contributes to the healing of us all.



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