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"They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me."

"Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."

"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."

"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

"Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors."
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"To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed."

"The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product."
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