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"The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with."
Joy
"Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature."
Adversity
"My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets."
Favorite
"I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive."
Reading
"Libraries are where it all begins."
Literature
"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."
Time
"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."
Education
"What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!"
Death
"When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."
Being
"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
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"When you take action-think.When you fail-think.When you are in doubt-think.When you have lost your way-think.You are nothing but your thoughts."
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Personal Development
"Wherever your thoughts and beliefs can take you, you can go there."
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Personal Development
"Give thy thoughts no tongue."
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Personal Development
"Heresy is another word for freedom of thought."
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Personal Development
"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."
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Personal Development
"The only way to make a great thought great is to share it."
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Personal Development
"Language is the dress of thought."
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Personal Development
"How can the thoughts be stopped? Tell the thoughts, 'You take care of your own issues; I am not on your side.' That way you will sit on God's side."
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Personal Development
"Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track."
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Personal Development
"All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato."
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Personal Development
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