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Quote by Saul Williams
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of histor

I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams

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I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas. – Saul Williams

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I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. – Saul Williams

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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. – Anne Stevenson

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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young

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