"Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too long in your closed worlds... Poetry should transport the public/to higher places/than other wheels can carry it..."

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Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Populist Manifesto No. 1”

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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“When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.”
“I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'Â€Â™t the first president to abuse executive power - not by a longshot. But he has to be the first president in American history to overtly and consistently argue that he's empowered to legislate if Congress doesn'Â€Â™t pass the laws he favors. It's an argument that's been mainstreamed by partisans and cheered on by those in media desperate to find a morsel of triumph in this presidency.”
“HOLLY KING is a symbol of the waning forces of Nature... The Holly King is depicted as an old man in winter garb. His head bears a wreath of holly and he often carries a staff that is typically a holly branch. Some Santa Claus figures are actually Holly King figures.”
“I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some with honey. Fear not to approach! there are no wasps, there are no hornets here. If some wanton bee chance to buzz about thine ears, stand thy ground and hold thy hands-there's none will sting thee, if thou strike not first. If any do, she hath honey in her bag will cure thee too.”
“Women and elephants never forget.”

Source : Reginald (1904) "Reginald on Besetting Sins"
“"Simple" is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn't always mean total reduction, or minimalism - sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.”
“Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.”

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