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Poetry Is Like Air. It's One Of The Necessary Things. Everyone Benefits From Poetry. And As You Know, Poetry Is International. There Are Only Two Things That Are Truly International, Poetry And Wine.

I Try To Impress Upon My Students The Importance Of Looking, Listening... Paying Attention, In Other Words. You Must Pay Attention.

I’m A Big Fan Of History—applying The Lessons As Well As The Joys And Sadness. If We Pay Attention, We Would See How We Affect Each Other. In Terms Of Time, We Are Not That Far From One Another. If We Were To Look Back A Century, It Would Seem Like A Long Time; But, If We Look At It By Decades Then It’s Only 10 Years, And By Generations It’s Only Five.

I Knew Stokely [carmichael] And Them, But When You Got To That, You Saw That Nina Simone Started To Take Up Their Burden. She Started To Preach For Them. She Was Taking On The Burden Of "i Want To Tell The People."

No One Needs To Teach You To Be Mean; We Need To Be Taught To Be Kind.