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I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. – Rita Dove

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I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing. – Rita Dove

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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. – Rita Dove

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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you cant imagine something that has never existed before, its impossible. – Rita Dove

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The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little. – Max Lerner

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After youre older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money. – Helen Gurley Brown

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