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Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
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Kingston
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Cutting
Poetry
Condense
Thoughts
Unsuspected
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Represents
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Truths
Often
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Forces

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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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