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Gwendolyn Brooks

"Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise."

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"Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise."

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"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

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"Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current."

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"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."

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"Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing."

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"The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint."

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"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at."

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"Gold all is not that doth golden seem."

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"It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same."

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"The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal."

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"Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods."

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