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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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"The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages."
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"Doubt isn't original."
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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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"The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity."
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"All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows."
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"I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers."
People
"There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry."
Reading
"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."
Life
"I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step."
Writing
"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."
Love
"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
"The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings."
Time
"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."
Education
"If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level."
Trust
"People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable."
People
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