"I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope."
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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"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."
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"Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do."
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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."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."
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"I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me."
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"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
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"Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity."
-Lord Acton
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