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Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.
Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.
Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.
No one needs to teach you to be mean; we need to be taught to be kind.
VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there
But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.
Show me someone not full of herself and I'll show you a hungry person.
Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
Nothing improves your writing, I think, as much as your keeping writing.
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
go barefoot and be warm all the time not only when you go to bed and sleep
We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.
Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.
I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.
We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.
the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.
Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together.
Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.
Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.
Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice.
And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.
Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
And like an unfaithful mate, once a car has let you down you never sort of trust it again.
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.
Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.
Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.
If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.
Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled.
We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching.
If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.
Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
Poetry is the most mistaught subject in any school because we teach poetry by form and not by content.
In law school they teach you that everything is a contract; well, in poetry everything is a narrative.
Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.
Poems don't have to rhyme... Poems are about beauty and emotion; in other words poems are about feelings.
I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.