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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."
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"The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do."
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"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
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"Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame."
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"One thought fills immensity."
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"Thought is the mental imagery of what you want to do, have or achieve."
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"All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows."
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"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them."
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"Ten years ago, in 94, we thought maybe nobody would ever care about Styx again."
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"Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it."
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"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."
Life
"I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!"
Dream
"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."
Education
"Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit."
Being
"I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things."
Thought
"Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture."
Poetry
"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."
Writing
"I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer."
Writing
"When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."
Being
"What writing does is to reveal."
Writing
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