"Poetry is a necessity of life,"

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C.D. Wright

#Poetry Is Quotes

“There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.”
“You been to school, you say you are a lawyer, you walked out of a magazine. I've been a drifter and a low-life loser, you can learn a lot from me.”

Source : Billy Joe Shaver, Brad Reagan (2005). “Honky Tonk Hero”, p.187, University of Texas Press
“It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.”
“I do not think that the nerve of the modern child is any too good; how can one expect it, brought up as they are amongst all the horrors of civilization. The 'daring' child who used to be common enough, is seldom met nowadays.”
“There are many ways to be a criminal or hero. Don't forget that.”

Source : Caragh M. O'Brien (2011). “Birthmarked”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“As the economy unravels, as hundreds of millions of Americans confront the fact that things will not get better, life for those targeted by this culture of hate will become increasingly difficult. Rational debate will prove useless.”
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.”
“When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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