"The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it."

-- Walt Whitman

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“Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is already inclined to do so. Secondly, when a man lays his case before you, the idea that he is asking your advice is a polite fabrication. He merely is suggesting that he is doing so, while as a fact his real object is to acquaint you with his personal activity. He wants to talk to somebody, being a natural gossip or gadder, and he plays upon your propensity for "giving advice" in order to get an audience.”
“I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.”
“Suddenly youâ€™re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god youâ€™re alive and its spectacular.”
“That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.”
“You told dad you didn't know what happened to his underwear. But You'd just flame-broiled his shorts on the grill.”
“Our lives are also fed by kind words and gracious behaviour. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies. Our spirits are richly fed on compliments just as our bodies are on whole wheat bread.”
“I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone.”
“I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every curl. It's hot.”

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