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" A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die. "
People
Want
Naked
" A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. "
Enjoy
Change
You
" Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. "
Art
Taste
Cultivated
" Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. "
Change
Growing Up
Question
" Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt. "
Children
Others
Never
" Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself. "
Think
Far
You
" For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool. "
Cool
Life
My Life
" Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing. "
Cultural
Embracing
Expression
" I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. "
People
Proud
I Am
" I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. "
History
Me
Great
" I appreciate and enjoy my age. "
Age
Enjoy
Appreciate
" If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other. "
World
Other
Poet
" If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice. "
Key
First
Bird
" If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. "
Good
Time
Truth
" If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. "
Yourself
Anybody
Else
" If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you. "
Believe
Feel
Know
" I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden. "
Great
Childhood
Nice
" I'm just totally fascinated by people. "
Just
Totally
People
" I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try. "
Life
Failure
Think
" I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching. "
Bird
Time
Spend
" I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.' "
White
Think
Generation
" Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. "
Mistakes
Error
Fact
" Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come. "
Believe
Now
Want
" Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together. "
Friends
Together
Poetry
" Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. "
Sacred
Very
Poor
" Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. "
Others
Know
Love
" The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. "
Always
Skepticism
Writer
" The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. "
True
Civilization
Said
" There are things you stand up for because it's right. "
Stand Up
Things
Up
" There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. "
Two People
Two
Slave
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