Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
Quotes to Explore
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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No matter what you write, you need an active imagination.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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And why should we, of all people, expect the proud new developing nations to see the world precisely as we see it? Was any new nation ever more outspoken, independent and unaligned than the young America of Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln?
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.
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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.
