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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.

Gwendolyn Brooks

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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.
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Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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The music is in minors.
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We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
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We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.
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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don’t pay attention ’cause it probably has floated into somebody else’s head.
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The poetry is myself.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.
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