"Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language."

-- Lucille Clifton

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“The government can back up its tastes and beliefs with the police power. That is why it cannot be permitted tastes and beliefs. Most emphatically, it cannot be permitted to define one group as being privileged over another group of people. It was wrong in the days of Jim Crow; it is wrong in the days of affirmative action.”
“There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails. I'm my own person.”
“People digest and process music differently, and I'm sure that was the case even when I was a kid.”

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“I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.”
“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.”
“Just because everyone CAN publish a book these days, doesn't mean everyone SHOULD. The world doesn't need 1000 knock-offs of 50 Shades of Grey. I'm not so sure the world even needed ONE 50 Shades of Grey.”
“Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart that I wanted to be an actress.”
“I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself”

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