"Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important."

People, Mercy

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"Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important."

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"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think."

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"Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important."

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