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Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death.


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There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.



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The key to all strange things is in thy heart..../ My spirit has come home, that sailed the doubtful seas.



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My poetry has become the way of my giving out what music is within me.



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If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.



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