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Was it for this the clay grew tall?


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Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.



All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.



The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.



All a poet can do today is warn.

All a poet can do today is warn.



Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.



No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.

No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.



And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.



What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.



I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.

I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.



All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.





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I saw the truth, I saw and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the ability to live on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of people.

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I love Hailey and what we have works. Shes's beautiful, she's smart, she's a great mother, and she's heads above what I ever thought I could see in myself.

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Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.



We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright red birds leap startled from the center of the meadow and dart into the woods.

We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright red birds leap startled from the center of the meadow and dart into the woods.



I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.

I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.



The one thing I will never do is buy a shirt because of its name, especially when it's $600 for that shirt. To me, that's ridiculous. It's just a shirt; it's not worth the money.

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If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to prison because I will kill him.

If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to prison because I will kill him.



I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.



He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.

He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.



I've been a target my entire life. At this point, there's nothing anyone can say that will faze me. Bring it on!

I've been a target my entire life. At this point, there's nothing anyone can say that will faze me. Bring it on!




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