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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes: the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.
         

the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.


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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.



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.



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.





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I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.



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I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while.



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They don't want you to jet ski, they don't want you to smile.



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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.




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