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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the tal

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. – Erica Jong

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Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting Hiawatha and they groan. – Erica Jong

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Poetry
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Erica Jong
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I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching – but that wont pay the Bergdorfs bill. I think Ill move to somewhere life is cheaper. – Erica Jong

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Poetry
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Erica Jong
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong

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Wisdom
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Today, because of President Obamas courage, kids can stay on their parents plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off your policy because you have hit your limit. They will not be able to deny you because you have a pre-existing condition. – Rahm Emanuel

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Courage

It requires more courage to suffer than to die. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Courage

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech. – Rick Perry

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Courage

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. – Alfred P. Sloan

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Courage

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It is important not to trust people too much. – V. S. Naipaul

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I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure. – Chen Shui-bian

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Failure

I think its really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. Its funny to me that were expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because Im famous? – Lisa Edelstein

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famous

Im thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things couldve gone the other way. – Rick Springfield

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thankful