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- "I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."
- "I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age."
- "Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful."
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- "If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings."― Lance Loud
- "I’m sorry, man, but I’ve got magic. I’ve got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time – and this includes naps – I’m an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground."― Charlie Sheen
- "To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."― John Ruskin