“ I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy. toe, to walk between the raindrops. ”
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“ I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy. toe, to walk between the raindrops. ”
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“ I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippytoe, to walk between the raindrops. ”
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“ the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by. ”
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“ the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by. ”
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“ I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippytoe, to walk between the raindrops. ”
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“ and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it ”
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“ Ego Tripping I was born in the congo I walked to the fertile crescent and built the sphinx I designed a pyramid so tough that a star that only glows every one hundred years falls into the center giving divine perfect light I am bad I sat on the throne drinking nectar with allah I got hot and sent an ice age to europe to cool my thirst My oldest daughter is nefertiti the tears from my birth pains created the nile I am a beautiful woman I gazed on the forest and burned out the sahara desert with a packet of goat's meat and a change of clothes I crossed it in two hours I am a gazelle so swift so swift you can't catch me For a birthday present when he was three I gave my son hannibal an elephant He gave me rome for mother's day My strength flows ever on My son noah built new/ark and I stood proudly at the helm as we sailed on a soft summer day I turned myself into myself and was jesus men intone my loving name All praises All praises I am the one who would save I sowed diamonds in my back yard My bowels deliver uranium the filings from my fingernails are semiprecious jewels On a trip north I caught a cold and blew My nose giving oil to the arab world I am so hip even my errors are correct I sailed west to reach east and had to round off the earth as I went The hair from my head thinned and gold was laid across three continents I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal I cannot be comprehended except by my permission I mean...I...can fly like a bird in the sky... ”
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“ It is difficult to be an artist, because what you can see needs to be done and what you can achieve are generally two very opposite things. The two are like yin and yang, north and south, positive and negative. What you see is just totally opposite of what the reality can be, and that's unfortunate. But there are things we can do. Writers can either repavewe fill in some of the cracks in the road that are already thereor we start to knock down some of the weeds to make a clearing in the wilderness. ”
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“ I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. ”
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“ and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it ”
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“ Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. ”
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“ It is called education because it is learned. You do not have to have had an experience in order to sympathize or empathize with the subject. That is why books are written: so that we do not have to do the same things. We learn from experience, true; but we also learn from empathy.” A Theory of Patience ”
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“ It is called education because it is learned. You do not have to have had an experience in order to sympathize or empathize with the subject. That is why books are written: so that we do not have to do the same things. We learn from experience, true; but we also learn from empathy.” A Theory of Patience ”
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“ When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again. ”
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“ The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. ”
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“ Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ”
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“ Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ”
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“ Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. ”
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“ There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your live those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect. ”
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“ Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ”
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