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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

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I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.

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Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.

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Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

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There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

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Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter.

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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

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Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

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War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and a lot of fear, and a lot of doubt. And eventually a lot of wonderful people, like soldiers, like men and women that are out there trying to do the best they can, they come back being wounded on many levels.

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Everybody wants to be American, it seems; I travel enough to know.

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Music is beautiful. Yes, music is great. My music's great.

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This life is for us to discover the divine within. And that's really the key to life in many ways for me. And the thing is, it's not for us to reason why everything is what it is... just do it.

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To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.

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I've got a great life. I'm in love, I have a happy, wonderful, beautiful time with my marriage, and I have a beautiful home. I want to spend time here working and creating.

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There's only one reason we live. It's very simple. To find the creator. That's just my understanding.

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I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.

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I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you're blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.

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We are all in Christ's energy. We are all in the divine plan. We are all on the sacred journey, if you want to put it into some very spiritual words. And I like to sing about it, so that's what I do.

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