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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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Dan Webster
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Lewis Black
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Dan Stevens
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Bill Engvall
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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