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Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart. Cheryl Hines

Good Heart Better Bad Some Poetry Stuff Because Than Quirky Might Really

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it. Cheryl Mendelson

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I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. Chinua Achebe

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I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didn't know what to make of me. Christina Perri

Time Myself Me Writing School Cause Band Kids Kind Outcast Brother Poetry Tour Know Make Always Going Then Kept

Poetry was the first step, and from the age of 18, there was nothing else I wanted to do. Christopher Koch

Age First Nothing Else Poetry Step First Step Wanted

That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened to Dad and Mother discuss things about poetry and delivery and voice and diction - I don't think anyone could know how much it really means. Chuck Berry

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A lot of people feel that the realm of poetry and the realm of the lyric is personal feeling and should rise above politics, which, in fact, good poetry has never done. Claudia Rankine

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all. Cliff Curtis

Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my own terms, without immediate regard to an audience or the particular placement of my finished work. Clifford Ross

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One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because poetry helps him see something in the world that he might not have seen before. Clint Smith

I owe my discovery of the Hot Club of Cowtown to Kinky Friedman, leader of the Texas Jewboys. When I saw that Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys were headlining the 2003 Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, I thought it my duty to check out the band that had inspired the Texas Jewboys. Clive Sinclair

Music Thought Leader Band Duty Club Saw Out Wills Kinky Poetry Inspired Had Hot Check Were His Discovery Texas Cowboy Festival Owe Bob Santa

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write. Colin Quinn

Love Time Poetry Write

What is poetry which does not save nations or people? Czeslaw Milosz

People Poetry Does Nations Which Save

I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am. Dana Goodyear

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As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. Daniel Radcliffe

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I play guitar; you'll find me at home strumming 'Vincent' on the guitar. I also read a lot of poetry, and Shakespeare was my first love, which was why I got into acting. A lot of the fighters are intelligent! Dave Legeno

I approach video games the same way I approach theatre, filmmaking, poetry, or painting. I wish more people would take that point of view. It would help the industry to move on. David Cage

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