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"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"Life becomes difficult when out of sync with your heart-felt desires."
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"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"
"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."
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"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!"
"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."
"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."
"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."
"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."
"Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early."
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