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Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!



All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.



The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.



If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.



What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration.

What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration.



I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?

I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?



Sometimes it seemsas though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved.

Sometimes it seemsas though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved.



All the untidyactivity continues, awful but cheerful.

All the untidyactivity continues, awful but cheerful.



Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.



Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too?

Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too?





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Let women be provided with living strength of their own.



I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.



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What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for.



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Experiences come and go; however, my love for myself is constant.



I’ll distract them,” Carter said. “You search. The Trophy room is through there.” “Carter!” But the fool ran off to protect me. I hate when he does that.

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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.



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Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.



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Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.




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