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I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. – Russell Baker

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Reporters thrive on the worlds misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. – Russell Baker

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You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when theres a big photo opportunity for a really good cause. – Russell Baker

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smile
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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. – Russell Baker

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I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasnt that spectacular. – Amy Winehouse

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Poetry

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me its the oil of life. – John Betjeman

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Poetry

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know. – Joseph Roux

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Poetry

Im quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. – Marguerite Young

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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. – Rabindranath Tagore

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I love seeing people having fun. Everyone over in L.A. is too cool for it. Thats the problem. – Lukas Haas

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