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We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change t

We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Category:
Freedom
Author
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Category:
Death
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Change
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and youre not going to change each others minds. Its a waste of your time and my time. – Barbara Bush

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Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. – Pauline R. Kezer

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When youre a catalyst for change, you make enemies – and Im proud of the ones Ive got. – Rupert Murdoch

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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great. – Isaac Watts

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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. – Kofi Annan

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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler

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work

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. – Christopher Morley

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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. – Washington Irving

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